So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes

By Dorothy B. Hughes

An actress unearths herself stuck among her ex-husband and 2 murderous twins. on the age of twenty-four, Griselda Satterlee has already lived lifetimes. a celeb of the silver monitor, she offers up Hollywood after a yr, and strikes to manhattan to develop into a fashion designer. whereas her ex-husband, Con, is out of city, she is staying in his house. jogging again one evening, she meets joyful younger males who are looking to pass domestic with her—and won't take no for a solution. David and Danny are twins, and they're the main appealing males Griselda has ever obvious. also they are the main risky. they need whatever from her: a lustrous blue marble, which they insist is in Con's house. even though they go away with out hurting her, Griselda is familiar with that subsequent time, they won't be so amiable. to save lots of herself, she needs to detect the key of the marble—a mystery with dying at its middle.

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Dr Allen sported new glasses and a salon haircut. Finally having arrived at an age that matched his serious nature, he was beginning to find a look that he felt comfortable with: stylish academic. She had never asked him if he was married but she assumed not, and guessed that the subtle makeover was part of his strategy to remedy the situation. He looked up from the bound notebook in which he made his precise longhand notes. ' He smiled. ' She felt a rush of electricity travel up her spine and she almost said it; almost confessed that her father had told her that Katy was a first cousin, his brother's little girl.

Just tell me what she said, [suspect covers face with hands] DI G: Come on, Paul. Let's hear it. ' And that's when I picked up a knife from the counter and stuck it in her, right there, in the chest. DI G: How many times? [suspect shakes his head] DI G: What did you do then? PC: I ran out of that house. I ran away from there. DI G: What did you do with the knife? PC: Threw it away. DI G: Where? Where did you throw it? [suspect shakes his head, breaking down into tears] The last document in the file was a report from the court- appointed psychiatrist, Dr Helen Graham, who said she had examined Craven on three separate occasions during his remand.

He kept his eyes trained on the centre of her face. He was making her nervous. 'How is your relationship with your son? ' 'For the time being. ' She sounded like a fraud and could tell that he saw straight through her. ' 'We've both been rather busy. He works in the day and has to study at night. I barely get an evening to myself . ' 'So neither of you feels the need to make the effort? ' Declared himself. Where did he get these phrases from? Jenny shrugged. ' Dr Allen nodded, as if she had confirmed his theory.

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