The Death of Ilalotha
Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Summary
It was quite impossible for him to believe that Ilalotha had died from a fatal passion: since, in his experience, passion was never fatal.
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
It was quite impossible for him to believe that Ilalotha had died from a fatal passion: since, in his experience, passion was never fatal.
A murder recounted through the eyes of the victim's son, her husband, and the victim herself. But which version tells the truth?Show book
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