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The Darling Sin - Jean Leslie
1952 UK hardback 1st edition, 1st impression published by Hodder & Stoughton in London A VG++ book in like unclipped dust jacket No stamps or owner names etc, clean white pages Tight binding and square spine The dustwrapper has just light wear to edges, nice and bright A particularly nice copy of a rare book, nice period artwork as well For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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"You could try." I reached out and laid my hand over hers. It was funny, but I wasn't used to the idea that I could reach out and touch those slender fingers whenever I wished. Ellen's hand was limp under mine, so that I knew her mind was somewhere else. " I think it means—being whole again," she said thoughtfully. " When I'm away from here it's as though I was torn in half. Part of me is always here in The Valley." She half turned and gave me her gentle smile. " I don't make sense, do I? " "To me you do." It sounded fatuous and was only partly true, but I wanted her to feel that I understood her and loved her. We drove awhile in silence, and then I said, " It's going to rain again." The air was sharp with the cold scent of wet grass and toward the north dark clouds sagged so low that their distended bellies touched the hills. Ellen's sigh was a grey feather fluttering between us. " I wish you could have seen it first in the sunlight," she said. "It's—it's not very attractive, Stephen." She didn't mean The Valley. The Valley was beautiful, spread out around us, a chequerboard of tidy orchards, boldly splashed with sun and deep shadow. "Houses aren't important," I said, to reassure her. "It's what is in them that counts." " I hope you like my family," "Of course I will," I promised. "Why shouldn't I? " |
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Jean Leslie's two earlier successes THREE-CORNERED MURDER "This is to be recommended." Christopher Pym in the Sunday Times "Plenty of action." Maurice Richardson in the Observer
THE MAN WHO HELD FIVE ACES
"A slickly-written thriller, the novel reads like the better type of American murder film—large as life and twice as natural. Just the stuff for those who prefer their murders from behind the gun."
Liverpool Evening Express
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