The Kidnapped Girl

Classic British detective fiction by the author of the novels "The Daughter of Time", "The Man in the Queue", and "A Shilling for Candles". Edition in the "Exclusive Classics" series - in a convenient pocket format and recognizable design. The... tranquility of the quiet provincial town of Milford is disturbed when a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl claims she was kidnapped, beaten, and held in an attic for a month. The girl gives a detailed description of her kidnappers and the house where they kept her, and the townsfolk recognize the criminals as Marion Sharp and her elderly mother. Both women insist they have never even seen the schoolgirl, but the public does not believe them. Only lawyer Robert Blair is determined to prove their innocence.