Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better – after all, Luke has her to take her mother's place. But then Luke brings home a pretty young woman and introduces her as his fiancée, and Elvira decides that she will stop at nothing to stop her father's marriage ...
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Mary Leonard falls to her death from scaffolding. It is hardly an accident, but who is to blame?
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an acclaimed English crime writer, known for her many psychological thrillers and murder mysteries.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. First Trade Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP17142032
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First British Edition. THis copy is in very good condition, the text is clean and tight in binding. The bottom of the ftont cover of the jacket has been bumped, causing a tear and crinkling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 034329
Seller: First Class Used Books, Forsyth, MO, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. George Underwood (illustrator). 67 pages. No marks or writing in the book. Black and white illustrations. Corners are square. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Cover colors are bright. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 013431
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First edition. Review copy with publisher's sticker front free endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 67 pp. Novella about the schoolgirl daughters of a widowed fathern a acedemic in a college town, Elvira reads Gothic literature and is much taken with Poe; Spinney fears ghosts and encounters them in the corridor of their home. When Dad plans to marry another academic, Mary Leonnard, the girls feel threatened. But when scaffolding climbs up the side of the town's cathedral, Mary falls to her death. It's hardly an accident but who is to blame? Seller Inventory # E31603
Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom
Hardcover. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper, 1st edition. Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better. Seller Inventory # FM18.163
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Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this stand-alone novel. Sticker shadow on the front cover. Earlier owner's name on the first colored-end page. In near fine / near fine condition. Seller Inventory # 21899
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this stand-alone novel. Light edgewear. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. In near fine / near fine condition. Seller Inventory # 29300
Seller: Librería y Editorial Renacimiento, S.A., VALENCINA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, SE, Spain
24x16. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta. 68 pgs. 643498. Seller Inventory # MT4360H
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. George Underwood (illustrator). 1st Edition. Nicely illustrated novella from Rendell, in near-fine internal order, clean, crisp and bright throughout. Smart black and brown cloth boards lightly bumped. VG unclipped d/j a little rubbed. 8vo. 67pp. Seller Inventory # 008673
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Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. A stand-alone novella by this author featuring Elvira, whose mother has passed away. When her father brings home his new fiancee, she is determined to stop the marriage at any cost. Seller Inventory # 2012