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TOUCH AND GO IBD

DEAN STREET PRESS
07 / 2016
9781911413233
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&ldquo,I know what we&rsquo,ll do. We&rsquo,ll play Devil-in-the dark.&rdquo,When Sarah Trent was engaged as governess to seventeen-year-old Lucilla Hildred, she didn&rsquo,t bargain for a series of sinister occurrences&mdash,scary noises, the nocturnal rattle of claws against glass, a sabotaged bicycle. Then there is a neighbouring burglary, leaving a set of muddy footprints&mdash,but whose?Sarah comes to suspect that someone is trying to kill the orphaned Lucilla, sole heir to a fortune. Is it visiting American John Brown, or could Lucilla be playing a deceptive game of her own? Someone is poised, waiting like a snake to strike, and Lucilla may not be the only prey&hellip,Touch and Go was originally published in 1934 (original UK title: Devil in the Dark). This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.&ldquo,When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself&mdash,and I always do.&rdquo, Mary Dell, Daily Mirror

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