Fear Stalks the Village is a 1932 mystery novel by the British writer Ethel Lina White.

[1] It was her second novel in the genre, and was published by Ward, Lock & Co.[2] It was later published in the United States by Harper Brothers due to the author's growing reputation.

In an seemingly idyllic English village, the peace is shattered by a series of poison pen letters dredging up long-buried secrets about the various leading inhabitants.

This soon has deadly consequences, and Joan Brook working as a paid companion for Lady D'Arcy finds herself in the middle of it.

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