Death of a doll
By: Hilda Lawrence
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Dales
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781842624999
Subjects: Boardinghouses; Fiction
Description: In the five years of its existence, Hope House, a shelter for young working women in New York City, has had but one single emergency - a fire in a wastebasket. Now, on the eve of the christmas holiday, the cosseted residents face a real and shocking tragedy. Ruth Miller was the latest unattached young female drawn to Hope House, yet within three days her crumpled body is found in the courtyard...
Notes: Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947; London: Chapman & Hall, 1948.