Walking Stick, The Wallets

Walking Stick, The WalletsQuiet and shy, ashamed of her leg withered by polio, Deborah Dainton takes refuge in her work as a trusted employee of a posh London auction house. Within weeks, she is a criminal, the linchpin in a jewel heist. How she got there forms the twisted heart of this psychological crime thriller. The answer, of course, is a man: Leigh Hartley, a painter whose real talent may be his ability to manipulate a lonely young woman. He courts Deborah, making her

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though not always in that order

It's a good thing Jim has a Nobel Prize-winning best friend

The prize is everything he dreams

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McKay digs up evidence that will lead to the lawyer