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The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress
Beryl Bainbridge

Europa
December 2011
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Featuring: Dr. Wheeler; Rose
208 pages
ISBN: 1609450566
EAN: 9781609450564
Kindle: B005CD2YZ4
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Mystery

During the investigation in 1968 into the assassination of Robert Kennedy, several witnesses recalled seeing a girl in a polka dot dress in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel. She was never found.

THE GIRL IN THE POLKA DOT DRESS is a vintage Bainbridge tale of murder and retribution, underpinned by Bainbridge's trademark and uniquely dark comedy. Aged twelve, Rose was responsible for a terrible act. It was witnessed by Dr Wheeler - who has kept silent for seven years - before his departure for America. In London Rose meets another American, Harold, who also knows Wheeler and has his own reasons for wanting to find him - his wife had an affair with him and committed suicide when it ended. Harold and Rose travel across America in pursuit of the sinister Dr Wheeler, before ending up at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on the night of Robert Kennedy's fateful press conference. Rose is wearing her favourite - polka dot - dress.

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