Lady Living Alone by Norah Lofts aka Peter Curtis (.ePUB)
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Lady Living Alone (1945) by Norah Lofts aka Peter Curtis (Author), Alison Bailey (Preface), Simon Thomas (Afterword) (British Library Women Writers)
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Overview: Well, then, since that has got you nowhere, stop being yourself. Beat your way out. Escape.
Originally published in 1945, what begins as a domestic novel quickly evolves into a dramatic thriller. Penelope Shadow, like her name suggests, has made very little mark on the world, until she purchases a typewriter and becomes a sensation as a romance novelist. She can now afford to buy her own house, and employs a capable and attentive young man as housekeeper. But what are his motives? Is she in danger? As events twist and turn, she must summon up the strength and ingenuity of her characters as the novel moves to a tense denouement.
Norah Lofts (1904–1983) published a collection of short stories in 1935 before releasing her first novel a year later. She specialised in historical fiction, writing almost fifty novels in this genre and is best known for them today. But Lofts also published a few mysteries and thrillers under the pseudonym Peter Curtis. One of these was Lady Living Alone, first published in 1945.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller > British Library Women Writers
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