The Blank Wall: A Novel of Suspense

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 231pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($2.50). Boards full bound in dark pink cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Top stained yellow. Jacket generally scuffed, rubbed, and soiled with chips and creases to margins. Largest tear to bottom of front panel with minor loss. Minor loss to head and tail of spine. Verso foxed. Board margins soiled with bumping to corners and spine ends. Binding cocked but firm. Endsheets foxed and toned with abrasion to first free endsheet from erasure of a previous owner's name. Pages relatively clean. A Very Good or better copy in a Very Good dust jacket.

One of Holding's last four detective novels, this thrilling story follows a woman trying to keep her family safe by any means necessary, even with blackmail, murder, and questions at her doorstep.