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Zillah lost her estranged husband, jerry, in that same accident. Minty is obsessivecompulsive, washing and rewashing herself and her clothing and when her lover jock lewis disappears, taking her savings, she starts. Zillah also got a letter informing her that her husband, jerry leach, was dead. Five women, unknown to each other, are his willing victims. Ruth rendell the new girl friend and other stories the. Visit the free book library and check out adam and eve and pinch me.
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