'A suburban matron, harassed by wartime domestic problems - her husband is overseas - finds herself implicated in the murder of her young daughter's extremely unattractive beau' ("The New Yorker"). An outstanding example of the psychological thriller genre, 'worthy of the great Patricia Highsmith herself,' as Lady Antonia Fraser said in the "Spectator". "The Blank Wall" (1947) was filmed as "The Reckless Moment" in 1949 and as "The Deep End" in 2001, starring Tilda Swinton. In 1950 Raymond Chandler asked his English publisher, 'Does anybody in England publish Elisabeth Sanxay Holding? For my money she's the top suspense writer of them all.She doesn't pour it on and make you feel irritated. Her characters are wonderful; and she has a sort of inner calm which I find very attractive.' This tense and fast-paced novel is about maternal love and about the heroine's relationship with those around her, especially her children and her maid.

On a Caribbean cruise with her older husband, Honey is convinced that the man in the next cabin plans to murder his wife. But why wouldn't anyone believe her? And why has her own husband turned against her?

With a beautiful country guesthouse for background, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding draws the reader into the sinister web of fear and terror that holds the occupants of the house in its grasp. Van Cleef, the detective, becomes one of the central characters in a charming romance which affords him some relief from the horrible chain of events which follows.

An investigation into a suicide leads to an investigation of murder. Holding's rarest mystery. First published in 1937.

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Two classic novels of suspense. The Old Battle Ax (Simon & Schuster, 1943). It all starts with a lie: Mrs. Herriotts sister Madge comes back from Europe, but is found dead on the sidewalk outside the gate the next morning. Mrs. Herriott tells the police that she has no idea who the dead woman is, but one lie leads to another. Her niece Carla even dresses up like her sister to continue the deception. Why is everyone trying to keep Madges death such a secret? Dark Power (Vanguard, 1930) Diana Leonard comes to the Chlet at the invitation of her long-lost uncle, but soon finds the family reunion shattered by dread and suspicion. Her Aunt Emma is a stern, domineering woman, a professor of psychology who conducts experiments on two cretin children who live with her. Uncle Peter himself is either a fool or a sadist, and their son, her cousin Miles, is a guilt-ridden alcoholic, his confidence long ago destroyed by his manipulating mother. Can Diana survive her stay in the Chlet?

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