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The blank wall

The blank wall

a novel of suspense ; The innocent Mrs. Duff : a novel of suspense
CrimeMystery
Pages
231
Published
1947
Language
English

Synopsis

Lucia Holley, a respectable suburban housewife, finds her carefully constructed life unraveling when she attempts to protect her daughter from a blackmail scheme. As she delves deeper into the mystery, Lucia discovers a dark secret from her past that threatens to destroy her family and expose her to a world of crime and danger. She must confront her own moral boundaries to save her loved ones.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseDark

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller Psychological Thriller

About the author

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Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889-1955) was born and brought up in New York and educated at Miss Whitcombe's and other schools for young ladies. In 1913 she married George Holding, a British diplomat. They had two daughters and lived in various South American countries, and then in Bermuda, where her husband was a government official. Elisabeth Sanxay Holding wrote six romantic novels in the 1920s but, after the stock market crash, turned to the more profitable genre of detective novels: from 1929-...