Bland Beginning Author:Julian Symons Tony Shelton was not a bookish youngman, but his fiancé was the granddaughter of a minor Victorian poet, Martin Rawlings, whose sonnets on sacredand profane love had shocked an earlier generation. Tony thought it would be nice to buy her a first edition of the poems. Several people were bidding for the book but tony outbid them all. He knew firs... more »t editions were valuable, but this one was worth assault and battery, and eventually, murder.« less