Penguin Main Series #1579. 1st Edition, 1961.
John Hamilton left his lucrative job with a New York advertising agency to move to the country and try his hand at painting. His first show is not a success and he is under some pressure from his wife, Linda, to return to the city to make some money. Linda is having increasing difficulty coping with the dullness of life in the country and has succumbed to alcoholism, although she is able to keep this completely secret from everybody except John.
So when John returns from a business trip to find his paintings slashed and Linda missing, later to be found dead, he cannot prove how unstable and violent she had become and the suspicions of the locals put him firmly in the frame for her murder.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Minor wear to spine ends. Some foxing to both covers. Light creases to top section of front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series #1579. 1st Edition, 1961.
John Hamilton left his lucrative job with a New York advertising agency to move to the country and try his hand at painting. His first show is not a success and he is under some pressure from his wife, Linda, to return to the city to make some money. Linda is having increasing difficulty coping with the dullness of life in the country and has succumbed to alcoholism, although she is able to keep this completely secret from everybody except John.
So when John returns from a business trip to find his paintings slashed and Linda missing, later to be found dead, he cannot prove how unstable and violent she had become and the suspicions of the locals put him firmly in the frame for her murder.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Minor wear to spine ends. Some foxing to both covers. Light creases to top section of front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
