The So Blue Marble : Murder Room - Dorothy B. Hughes

The So Blue Marble

By: Dorothy B. Hughes

Paperback | 14 April 2015 | Edition Number 1

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The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself as a fashion designer. They also announce the return of the dashing Montefierrow twins to New York after a twelve-year sojourn in Europe. But there is more to this story than what's reported, which becomes clear when the three meet one evening during a walk, and their polite conversation quickly takes a menacing turn. The twins are seeking a rare and powerful gem and they believe it's stashed in the unused apartment where Griselda is staying. Baffled by the request, she pushes them away, but they won't take no for an answer. When they return, accompanied by Griselda's long-estranged younger sister, the murders begin...

Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the New York elite, The So Blue Marble is a perfectly Art Deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems. While different in style from her later books, Dorothy B. Hughes's debut highlights her greatest strengths as an author, rendered with both the poetic language and the psychology of fear for which she is known today.

Industry Reviews
You will have to read [The So Blue Marble] for yourself, and if you wake up in the night screaming with terror, don't say we didn't warn you - NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS

The debut by one of the great American suspense writers will suck you in even as it makes you keep asking, "Did I just read that?" - KIRKUS starred review

[Hughes's] novels are carefully crafted pieces, ahead of their time in their use of psychological suspense and their piercing observations about class and race. She was among the best

Non-stop action, with menace and daring exploits bursting through the smooth veneer of upper-class life...Readers new to this forgotten classic are in for a treat - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Extraordinary ... Hughes's brilliant descriptive powers make and unmake reality - NEW YORKER

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