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In "The Red Carnelian," the world of a department store—once a place of routine advertising work—turns unnervingly eerie when a murder is discovered after hours. The story follows Linell Wynn, a woman copywriter for Cunninghams', who must face the unsettling reality that the police may only be momentarily holding back a deeper menace and that danger may strike again. Her everyday surroundings acquire an uncanny menace, and she confronts death in ways she never anticipated.
First publish date: 1972
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Phyllis A. Whitney
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