Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall : Clarice Stasz : 9780996769303 : 0996769307 : 02 Jun 2016 : In the early 1900s Eddie Quirk was butler at Slanderley, home of the cursed de Loverly family. Two puzzling aristocratic marriages and a demented housekeeper shatter his hope for calm. Nasty deaths drop like spiders. Naïve Eddie is trapped in a web of ridiculous intrigue, with no help from Sloth or Mrs. Anvil. Slanderley is a refreshing riff on a classic. The haunted ancestral mansion, scheming housekeeper, skulking servants, chinless aristocrats and naïve bride get a delightful re-vamp in this briskly-paced, hilarious spoof on the woman in jeopardy genre. The story is told by Quirk, intent upon correcting a best-selling book about crimes at the house. Alert readers will recognize a Rebecca serving as the inspiration, yet it stands alone as a twisted romp for those unfamiliar. Unlike Rebecca, the story's narrator is Quirk, a naive and nosy character who comes of age emotionally through