The Three Roads.

KENNETH MILLAR

Publication: Alfred A Knopf, 1948, New York

First edition. Author's fourth book. Inscribed by the author on the title page "To one of my best readers, Kenneth Millar." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends and a tiny nick to top edge of the rear cover. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. An attractive copy housed in a cloth slipcase. A psychological thriller set in Los Angeles. Lieutenant Bret Taylor married his wife after knowing her only over a single overnight drinking binge while on shore leave during the war. His ship is bombed out of the water and he returns home to find his wife freshly murdered in the home he bought but had never seen. The shock of the two events sends him into a mental lapse, and he's in an asylum. The woman who loves him, a successful screenwriter, calls in a specialist who jogs his memory ... and his sense of duty. Taylor hits the streets of Los Angeles, digging through his wife's lies and lovers in an attempt to avenge her murder. A psychological thriller.

Inventory Number: 40670