Penguin 1st Edition, published 1955.
Elizabeth Dakin has reason to fear her older, wealthy husband. Throughout their two-year marriage — a union made in haste after the death of her father — she has been the victim of his alcoholic bouts of rage. She never imagined she had to be afraid for him.
But when she stumbles upon his dead body, suddenly the life they lived in a Jamaican paradise is revealed for the sham that it is. Or so she thinks. For suddenly Elizabeth finds herself the lead suspect in his murder...
Condition grading: Good. Pen signature and date to title page. Some wear to spine ends. Some marks to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1955.
Elizabeth Dakin has reason to fear her older, wealthy husband. Throughout their two-year marriage — a union made in haste after the death of her father — she has been the victim of his alcoholic bouts of rage. She never imagined she had to be afraid for him.
But when she stumbles upon his dead body, suddenly the life they lived in a Jamaican paradise is revealed for the sham that it is. Or so she thinks. For suddenly Elizabeth finds herself the lead suspect in his murder...
Condition grading: Good. Pen signature and date to title page. Some wear to spine ends. Some marks to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
