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Claire Elizabeth Manning, elderly and successful California business-woman, has died, leaving a tiny percentage of her money-a suspiciously EXACT amount-to her beloved only son. The remainiing millions are bequeathed to an unknown and unusually difficult-to-locate third cousin in New Jersey. Lawyer Jesse Falkenstein is called in by the son to contest the will and finds himself drawn into a terrifying search for meaning and motive as he tries to piece together the dead woman's past. Fifty-year old diaries and letters provide enigmatic clues, yet nothing more recent can be found to shed any light on the mystery. Evidence of blackmail is unearthed, then suspicions of former infidelities, and before he knows what's happening, Falkenstein has more information than can possibly be applicable. But when he is brutally beaten in his own driveway, Falkenstein knows he's on the right track, a track that will eventually lead him to a secret over half a century old....
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Motive in Shadow
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ISBN 10: 057502870X
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£5.50), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 181pp. Hired to contest the will of his client's dead mother, lawyer Jesse Falkenstein embarks on a dangerous trail that leads him to a 50 year old mystery. Prolific American novelist and mystery writer Barbara Elizabeth Linington (1921-88), was one of the first women to write in the style of a police procedural. Quite a scarce book. Seller Inventory # 010019
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Motive in Shadow by Lesley Egan (First UK Edition) File Copy A tight bright unread copy with sharp corners. A sharp bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Publisher's File Copy. First UK Edition. BOOK. Seller Inventory # HCX8126-1