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Charlotte Jay Charlotte Jay i(A8285 works by)
Writing name for: Geraldine Halls
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1 From: Beat Not the Bones Charlotte Jay , 1994 extract novel crime (Beat Not the Bones)
— Appears in: Hope and Fear : An Anthology of South Australian Women's Writing, 1894-1994 1994; (p. 198-201)
1 A Fatal Attraction (from A Hank of Hair) Charlotte Jay , 1993 extract novel crime (A Hank of Hair)
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 January 1993; (p. 10)
2 4 y separately published work icon A Hank of Hair Charlotte Jay , London : Heinemann , 1964 Z870735 1964 single work novel crime detective horror 'Gilbert Hand hasn't been seen since his wife died. He's moved to a dull but respectable hotel where silence seems to brood in the hall and stairway. In a secret drawer he discovers a long, thick hank of human hair, and his world narrows down to two people - himself and the murderer.' (Publisher's blurb: Wakefield Crime Classics ed.)
2 2 y separately published work icon Arms for Adonis Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1960 Z871222 1960 single work novel crime detective

'The blood of Adonis, thought Sarah, remembering the church that was built like a pagan temple. Coquelicot rouge - the symbol of a dying man whose blood stained the hillside in the spring.

'Sarah Lane, abandoning her French lover for the brilliant Lebanese sunshine, believes that the day will belong to her alone. But when a street bomb hurls her into the arms of a dangerously handsome Syrian colonel, she finds herself trapped once again. Is this a kidnapping? A seduction? Or merely the chaos of the Middle-East?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wakefield Press 2019 ed.)
1 y separately published work icon The Man Who Walked Away Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1958 Z364569 1958 single work novel crime detective

'It was a dark winter afternoon when Helen Graham received two callers. In that dingy London room she made a decision that turned her life into a living nightmare.

'TORMENTED by the strength of Cedric Crome and the weakness of her son Maurice.

'HAUNTED by the person Maurice called 'The Grey Lady'.

'TERRIFIED because she was being forced to turn back–ultimately in defence of her own life.'

Source: Back cover blurb (Fontana edition).
2 y separately published work icon The Yellow Turban Charlotte Jay , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1955 Z870723 1955 single work novel crime
2 y separately published work icon The Fugitive Eye Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1953 Z870732 1953 single work novel crime

'A baleful game of blind man's buff engages Ian Kane, a coincidental witness to the evidence of murder who then loses his eyesight in an accident and becomes the helpless target of his pursuant. His sullen fears and morbid fantasies become real when he is moved from the hospital to a rest home, loses his nurse en route, and is then the prisoner of his enemies. His escape, in bandages, is painful and almost helpless until he removes them, regains his vision and finally his freedom...'

Source: Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charlotte-jay/the-fugitive-eye/). (Sighted: 10/2/2016)
3 10 y separately published work icon Beat Not the Bones Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1952 Z870720 1952 single work novel crime

'Sudden, violent death enshrouded the island port of Marapai. The kind of death known only to voodoo cults and savages. On this island Europeans lost their civilization, their innocence–and their sanity. And famed anthropologist David Warwick lost his life. Rumors whispered suicide. But the rumors were lies. Everyone lied to haunted Emma Warwick, who suspected murder and set out to trap a killer–only to discover the very roots of terror!'

Source: Back cover blurb (Avon edition).
1 1 y separately published work icon The Knife is Feminine Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1951 Z870343 1951 single work novel crime detective
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