
Lady in Peril
Ben Ames Williams(Author)
Fiction House Press
Published on 12. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-1-64720-185-2 (ISBN)
Description
When the director of the Jervis trust vanishes with a fortune in bonds he sets into motion a sequence of danger and death which disrupts the lives of Clint and Clara Jervis, heirs of the estate. It is while they are backstage in the Booth Theater that disaster strikes. During the shooting scene of a gangster play a man is murdered and proves to be a shady doctor who had been involved in a scandal with Clara on the Coast and whose life had been threatened by Clint. Things look black for the Jervis clan until Inspector Tope arrives to find the link between the murder and the missing trust director. A tense, absorbing novel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64720-185-2 (9781647201852)
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Person
Ben Ames Williams was born on March 7, 1889, in Macon, Mississippi, to Daniel Webster Williams and Sarah Marshall Ames. He became a prolific writer known for both novels and short stories, contributing extensively to American literature during the early to mid-twentieth century. His career included the publication of more than thirty novels and hundreds of short stories, many of which were featured in popular magazines of the time. Williams demonstrated a strong ability to blend domestic life, moral complexity, and historical detail, as seen in works like Come Spring, Leave Her to Heaven, House Divided, and The Unconquered. His writing often examined the intersections of personal struggle and societal change. He married Florence Talpey and had three children: Ben, Roger, and Penelope. His later years were spent in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he died on February 4, 1953, at the age of 63. Williams left behind a literary legacy marked by emotional depth, dramatic intensity, and an enduring reflection on American life across different eras.