Escape While I Can
Melba Marlett
- When
- the
- family
- fortune
- suddenly
- dissolved,
- the
- Brandons
- wrapped
- the
- threads
- of
- their
- former
- prestige
- about
- them
- and
- went
- into
- solitary
- confinement.
- Middle-aged,
- outwardly
- courteous
- but
- inwardly
- bitter
- and
- hateful,
- the
- three
- of
- them
- lived
- in
- a
- state
- of
- suspended
- animosity,
- pretending
- to
- ignore
- the
- fear
- that
- hung
- over
- them.This
- was
- the
- family
- that
- greeted
- Elizabeth
- when,
- in
- her
- youth
- and
- naïveté,
- she
- married
- Thayer
- Brandon.
- She
- tried
- sincerely
- to
- fit
- into
- the
- curiously
- distraught
- household,
- but
- fear
- is
- contagious,
- and
- the
- time
- came
- when
- Elizabeth
- feared
- for
- her
- own
- life
- and
- fled.
- She
- returned
- eight
- years
- later
- when
- murder
- became
- an
- accomplished
- fact
- instead
- of
- a
- whispered
- fancy,
- and
- the
- words
- insanity,
- revenge,
- motive
- were
- flung
- around
- a
- courtroom.Melba
- Marlett
- spent
- two
- years
- perfecting
- this
- first-rate
- mystery
- novel.
- She
- has
- always
- told
- a
- good
- story,
- but
- here
- she
- reaches
- a
- new
- high
- in
- suspense
- and characterization.
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