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The Walking Stick

Ever since a fateful accident occurred in her childhood, crippling her for life, twenty-six year old Deborah Dainton has lacked confidence.

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Although convinced of her unattractiveness to men, she gradually becomes persuaded by one man’s love for her and blossoms into a life of romance. But each step into this relationship plunges her further into a sinister and dangerous enterprise . . .

With his signature masterly detail, Winston Graham unfolds a high drama crisis minute by minute through captivating characters and shocking consequences in *The Walking Stick*.

Setting
1960s
Audience
adult

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