Celebrating 90 Years of Penguin Michael Joseph publishing with the Mermaid collection- Helen McCloy's Through A Glass, Darkly with a foreword by Gillian McAllister
<p>'They watch me all the time. In and out of the classroom, their eyes are always following me . . .'</p><p>Quiet, gentle, young Faustina Crayle is dismissed from her teaching position at Brereton School for Girls after just a few weeks. She is given no explanation, but it's clear certain staff and pupils fear her.</p><p>Her friend and fellow teacher Gisela contacts psychologist and sleuth Dr Basil Willing who offers to investigate these outlandish claims. But this only confirms two damning facts - first, that this happened at a previous school and, second, people believe there are two sides to enigmatic Faustina.</p><p>When a body is found at the school and Faustina is implicated in the death, it is clear that darkness swirls around this young woman. But is she the perpetrator or victim?</p>
