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A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.

While out on a rowboat with his wife Louise, John Haloran has a heart attack and dies. She casts his body overboard and hides his death, telling the family he left on an urgent business trip. Louise's main concern is that she can only hope to inherit part of his family fortune if he's still alive. The Halorans are a strange family. They are still grieving over the death of the youngest daughter Kathleen, who drowned in a pond when she was very young. The family holds an annual ceremony of remembrance on the anniversary of her death. But this year someone is wielding an ax...intent on murder.—garykmcd

The anniversary of Kathleen Haloran's death is approaching; she drowned in the pond on the family's estate. Since then, her mother has had a maniacal obsession with Kathleen's memory, and deeded the estate to a charity in Kathleen's name. This doesn't sit well with greedy Louise Haloran, who believes that her mother-in-law is crazy. On the eve of the ceremony, Louise's husband John dies from a heart attack in front of Louise, who hides his death from the family as she tries to work herself and John back into the will through an elaborate scheme involving Lady Haloran's obsession with Kathleen.—Huggo

Shocked by the sudden death of her spouse, young widow Louise Haloran--knowing that she will be excluded from the inheritance--hatches a daring plan to get her hands on her share. As a result, after carefully disposing of the body, the scheming woman pays a visit to her late husband's ancestral home in Ireland, the Castle Haloran, pretending that he is away on business. However, unbeknownst to Louise, a blood-thirsty ax-wielding murderer who lurks in the dark corners of the vast family estate has already set his sights on killing her at any cost. Indeed, there's an invisible killer in their midst. What mystery shrouds Lady Haloran's noble house?—Nick Riganas

John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, and his wife Louise will be excluded from inheritance if John dies while his mother, Lady Haloran, is still alive. Louise plans to convince the rest of his family that he has been called to New York on important business; then she will journey to his Irish ancestral home, Castle Haloran, to meet the family and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>