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No Love Lost. Two Stories of Suspense: The Patient at Peacock's Hall, Safer Than Love

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The Print Room
(Lilley nr Luton, Reino Unido)

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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. First published as a collected edition in 1954 and by Heinemann in 1965, this is a fourth impression of 1976. Some edge wear an chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some yellowing to white parts of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, not price clipped (no published price), childish gift inscription to ffep, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 220pp. Comprising of two short novellas, 'No Love Lost' is a thrilling work of suspense by detective novelist of the 'Golden Age' Margery Allingham (1904-66). 'The Patient at Peacocks Hall', Dr Ann Fowler is a young doctor who has dedicated her life to medicine in the wake of heartbreak, after losing her childhood sweetheart to movie star Francia Forde. Until one day, when Francia Forde arrives in Ann's hometown under the strangest of circumstances. As events unravel, Ann finds herself fighting to save Francia's life, whilst being threatened by a cunning madman, driven to insanity by the very woman Ann is caring for. Jealousy, revenge and heartbreak dominate this classic Allingham suspense story. 'Safer than Love', Elizabeth Lane marries a safe and secure headmaster to escape a more dangerous love, but finds husband's body stuffed down a well and herself as the chief suspect. Classics of the genre. Nº de ref. del artículo: 008593

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