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The Actress
Jake Levitt can’t believe his luck when one evening at the theatre he recognises the lead actress as Nancy Taylor, a girl he knows a lot about. A story of blackmail and murder ensue!
Published in 1923 in Novel Magazine under the title A Trap for the Unwary this story was not published in a collection until 1997.
Published in While the Light Lasts and Other Stories and also in The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories in the US.
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