Detective writer as a young man
Crispin, Edmund (1921-1978), The Case of the Gilded Fly, Penguin, 1971, (c)1944
P. 14
She was still young - twenty-five or so…
P. 125f.
Richard… reflected that she had lost none of her beauty in the years he had known her. What was she now? Twenty-seven? Twenty-eight? Yet her figure was still firm…
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P. 141
Less tough than she looks, thought Fen, who was prone to slightly out-of-date Americanisms.
P. 14
She was still young - twenty-five or so…
P. 125f.
Richard… reflected that she had lost none of her beauty in the years he had known her. What was she now? Twenty-seven? Twenty-eight? Yet her figure was still firm…
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P. 141
Less tough than she looks, thought Fen, who was prone to slightly out-of-date Americanisms.