The Blackout Author:Constance Little, Gwenyth Little Murder strikes among an odd assortment of people living in a dilapidated mansin owned by a former ballerina in this wacky 1951 mystery. — When amnesiac Joe Crolliz answers an advertisement to be a paid companion to a blind woman, he recognizes the house and everything in it, and is at first pleased that his memory seems to be coming back. B... more »ut he doesn't much like what he's starting to remember. Madame Rose, his imperious employer and a once-great ballerina, is determined that her beautiful daughter, Colina, follow in her footsteps. But Colina seems more interested in Richard, a brash young lawyer whose firm has been managing their relatives' affairs and who has become a houseguest in Madame's genteel but shabby home. Meanwhile, questions arise as to the whereabouts of Joe's alcoholic wife, Lily, who herself was once Madame Rose's companion but seems to have disappeared. As Joe's memory gradually returns, he becomes a desperate man.« less