Background
Jay was born as Geraldine Mary Jay in Melville in Adelaide, South Australia on the 17 December 1919.
(For I prefer beauty always a little soured. When it comes...)
For I prefer beauty always a little soured. When it comes to me as a spoonful of syrup, I spit it out. Gilbert Hand hasn't been the same since his wife died. He's moved to a dull but respectable hotel where silence seems to brood in the hall and stairway. In a secret drawer he discovers a long, thick hank of human hair, and his world narrows down to two people-himself and the murderer.
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Harper and Brothers, New York, 1952. Second printing of an early Edgar Award winner for best First Mystery Novel by young Australian author.
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Stated First Edition. A very good copy in a VG+ dust jacket. The book is rubbed at its spine tips and corners. Dust soiling to the edges of the upper page block. The dust jacket is dust soiled. Rubbing at the lower 2" of its spine. Small rubs/chips to the spine tips and corners.
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(A young Australian woman comes alone to Marapai on the is...)
A young Australian woman comes alone to Marapai on the island of New Guinea to find out why her husband committed suicide. It is hard to believe that drink and debt could have affected David Warwick, a distinguished anthropologist in charge of protecting the natives from exploitation. Stella must penetrate deep into the heart of the jungle to solve the mystery of her husband's death.
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Jay was born as Geraldine Mary Jay in Melville in Adelaide, South Australia on the 17 December 1919.
She attended Girton School (now Pembroke School) and the University of Adelaide, and worked as a shorthand typist in Australia and England, and as a court stenographer in New Guinea, 1942-1950.
One of the best and most singular authors of the suspense era, she wrote only nine crime books, but their unorthodoxy secured her a high place in Mystery Hall of Fame. Jay was Hall"s maiden name and it was under the name Charlotte Jay that she wrote most of the crime fiction novels for which she is most well known. Albert Halls has dealt in Oriental antiques in England and Australia.
Marrying Albert enabled her to travel to many exotic locations in which she later included in her future books
Only her first novel, The Knife is Feminine, is set in Australia. The other books are set in Pakistan, Japan, Thailand, England, Lebanon, India, Papua New Guinea and the Trobriand Islands.
After a long career in writing Halls died on the 27 October 1996, in her home town of Adelaide. The crime novel, The Fugitive Eye was adapted for television for a drama series in 1961.
The episode starred Charlton Heston and the series was hosted by Fred Astaire.
(A young Australian woman comes alone to Marapai on the is...)
(The Man Who Walked Away by Charlotte Jay, published as Fo...)
(For I prefer beauty always a little soured. When it comes...)
(Harper and Brothers, New York, 1952. Second printing of a...)
(Mystery Novel set in New Guinea.)
(Stated First Edition. A very good copy in a VG+ dust jack...)
(736. Cover art by Freeman Elliott.)