Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar

Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar

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A rediscovered classic of American noir from one of crime writing's greatest talents

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Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar

Virginia Barkeley is a nice, well brought-up girl. So what is she doing wandering through a snow storm in the middle of the night, blind drunk and covered in someone else's blood? When Claude Margolis' body is found a quarter of a mile away with half-a-dozen stab wounds to the neck, suddenly Virginia doesn't seem such a nice girl after all. Her only hope is Meecham, the cynical small-town lawyer hired as her defence. But how can he believe in Virginia's innocence when even she can't be sure what happened that night? And when the answer seems to fall into his lap, why won't he just walk away?
Margaret Millar (1915-1994) was the author of 27 books and a masterful pioneer of psychological mysteries and thrillers. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, she spent most of her life in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband Ken Millar, who is better known by his nom de plume of Ross Macdonald. Her 1956 novel Beast in View won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. In 1965 Millar was the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year Award and in 1983 the Mystery Writers of America awarded her the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement. Millar's cutting wit and superb plotting have left her an enduring legacy as one of the most important crime writers of both her own and subsequent generations.
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ISBN 13 9781782274797
ISBN 10 1782274790
Title Vanish in an Instant
Author Margaret Millar
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pushkin Press
Year published 2018-10-25
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.