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Struggling artist John Hamilton is a man living a lie. Since moving to the small New England town of Stoneville to pursue painting, he's been desperately trying to cope with his wife's alcoholism. Linda has become an expert at hiding it from her wealthy circle of friends-and at keeping John from exposing her. Though, their marriage has devolved into a never-ending cycle of deception and denial.
But, when John is offered his old job back in New York...
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On the surface, Bill Harding has landed on his feet. After failing, as a writer and having his first wife desert him and their son, he remarried into a family of wealth and power. His "perfect" new wife is renowned for her charity work, and her father's publishing empire provides Bill with a job, a ritzy Manhattan apartment, and a glamorous lifestyle.
All is well, until Bill runs into his beautiful ex. Though she's in a sorry state, Bill pushes the...
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A dapper detective tracks a high-society killer in Manhattan-from the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Mysteries as Patrick Quentin. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. After tumbling from the Park Avenue set to penurious widowhood, the resilient Clara Van...
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Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. The lads at Craiglea, a preparatory school on the Bristol Channel, are unimpeachable young men. The faculty? Unflappable. Until a student is found smothered in a linen closet. The son of a controversial American judge, Eric Moss, along with his...
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Murder strikes a New England village in this mystery by the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Mysteries as Patrick Quentin. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make...
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A sleepy English village is shaken by murder in this mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth series as Patrick Quentin. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which...
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