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Judith Halliday arrived in a small new England town to forget her tragic affair with Neil Peyton, an idealistic young doctor. But a mysterious accident--or an attempted murder--brings him to the same town. Hurt by Neil's baffling aloofness, Judith turns to another man only to be trapped in a terrifying crime at sea.Tags
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Romance author Emilie Baker Loring was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1864. She started writing in 1914 when she was 50 years old and wrote over 30 books during her lifetime. She died on March 14, 1951 after a long illness. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Bantam Emilie Loring (#41, 1925)
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- Canonical title
- A Certain Crossroad
- Original title
- A Certain Crossroad
- Original publication date
- 1925
- People/Characters
- Judith Halliday; Neil Payton
- Important places
- New England, USA
- Dedication
- To V.J.L. And sometimes the sky was like unto a great turquoise for blueness, and sometimes it was like a gray pall, and sometimes the highway wound through level radient fields, and sometimes the rough road plunged dow... (show all)n a steep declivity of rocks to grope blindly through dark and evil forests, and sometimes the yellow moon made mysterious twilight in the shadows. But always the Knight kept the Lady's hand close in his and always he stepped forward firmly, shining eyes straight ahead, for even in the gloom all was sharp-cut and clear to his vision.
- First words
- From directly overhead the late July sun blazed down upon a bold stretch of New England coast. Pines, balsams and cedars which swept back and up from shore to skyline simmered in the heat, gave out a spicy fragrance. Under a ... (show all)sky pure turquoise a sea all sapphire ruffled whitely where it laved beach or rock. From the top of a fern-fringed cliff the bleached remains of an oak tree leaned out above a pebbly cove. Its white trunk and few storm-shot limbs suggested a prehistoric skeleton ready to plunge.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There was laughter, ardor, posession in his voice as he assured: "I have plenty. Suppose we split fifty-fifty-Mrs. Peyton."
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