The Knife Edge by Ellis, William - 1972

Walker & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. Library Discard. The card pocket has been torn-out and DISCARD written on the first page. The library's stamp and cataloging info is on the title page. There is a number and a red spot on the inside back cover. The pages are clean, no tears or soiling. The pages and binding are tight. Pages are rough cut on middle page ends. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Terror and danger steadily increase the mounting tension in this novel of a nice family at the mercy of two vicious convicted murders. Commander Richard Tremayne has been away from his family for twenty month on an assignment in Washington. A chance meeting during the flight home to his beloved wife. Louise, and his twelve-year-old daughter, Emma, leads him to take them on a sailing holiday in the ketch, 'Wild Duck', along the south coast of England. But the first evening of the cruise Richard rescues two men from a sinking rowboat and takes them on board-and they take over the 'Wild Duck'. They are Douggan, a big man into beating people, and Leitch, a sex murderer. Will combine shipping on more than one book. .