The Keys of My Prison

By (author): Frances Shelley Wees

Introduction by: Rosemary Aubert

That Rafe Jonason’s life didn’t end when he smashed up his car was something of a miracle; on that everyone agreed. However, the devoted husband and pillar of the community emerges from hospital a very different man. Coarse and intolerant, this new Rafe drinks away his days, showing no interest in returning to work. Worst of all, he doesn’t appear to recognize or so much as remember his loving wife Julie. Tension and suspicion within the couple’s Rosedale mansion grow after it is learned that Rafe wasn’t alone in the car that night. Is it that Julie never truly knew her husband? Or might it be that this man isn’t Rafe Jonason at all?

Originally published in 1956 by Doubleday, The Keys of My Prison is one of several suspense novels Wees set in Toronto. This Ricochet Books edition marks its return to print after fifty years.

AUTHOR

Frances Shelley Wees

Frances Shelley Wees (née Johnson) was born in 1902 in Gresham, Oregon. She lived most of her life in Canada, where she enjoyed a literary career spanning nearly five decades. A writer of mysteries and romances, she published over twenty novels, including The Maestro Murders (1931), Lost House (1938), Under the Quiet Water (1949), This Necessary Murder (1957), The Faceless Enemy (1966), and The Last Concubine (1970). Her 1956 mystery, The Keys of My Prison, has been reissued by Ricochet Books. Frances Shelley Wees died in 1982.


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Rosemary Aubert

Rosemary Aubert is the author of the award-winning Ellis Portal mystery series. She is also a published poet, most recently of Rough Wilderness: The Imaginary Love Poems of the Abbess Heloise. Her five romance novels have reached a world-wide audience. Rosemary has won numerous awards for her writing, most notably the Arthur Ellis Award (twice) for Canadian crime fiction. Terminal Grill is Rosemary’s sixteenth published book.

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Frances Shelley Wees has established herself long since as Canada’s outstanding expert in the subtle art of the soft-spoken psychological thriller. The Keys of My Prison confirms her rank.- Ottawa Citizen

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That Rafe Jonason’s life didn’t end when he smashed up his car was something of a miracle; on that everyone agreed. However, the devoted husband and pillar of the community emerges from hospital a very different man. Coarse and intolerant, this new Rafe drinks away his days, showing no interest in returning to work. Worst of all, he doesn’t appear to recognize or so much as remember his loving wife Julie. Tension and suspicion within the couple’s Rosedale mansion grow after it is learned that Rafe wasn’t alone in the car that night. Is it that Julie never truly knew her husband? Or might it be that this man isn’t Rafe Jonason at all?

Originally published in 1956 by Doubleday, The Keys of My Prison is one of several suspense novels Wees set in Toronto. This Ricochet Books edition marks its return to print after fifty years.

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Dimensions:

208 Pages
7in * 4.25in * 1in
1lb

Published:

October 15, 2016

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Vehicule Press

ISBN:

9781550654530

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Noir

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Language:

eng

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