Virginia Barkeley, the lovely, spoiled daughter of a wealthy family, was found in a bloodstained dress at the scene of the murder. Her mother knew that Virginia was capable of stabbing a man to death, and even Meecham, her lawyer suspected her guilt. But Virginia remained grimly silent. Then a young man with a painfully swollen body and shadows of death in his face, Earl Loftus, confessed to the murder. If his confession was true, he had killed, on impulse, a man he'd never seen before. If he lied, his lie seemed as unshakeable as truth. Meecham resolved to probe the churning hatreds that flourished behind the Barkeley family's smooth social facade -- and the dark alleyways of frustration where Earl Loftus had developed his twisted idealism ...
Dimensions: 135 x 192
Author: Margaret Millar
ISBN: 9781782274797
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256