Burks, Allison L. Tight Rope (London: William Heinemann, 1947) 191 p.

A young woman is hired to stand in for a dead heiress in the California seaside town of Trentville. To relax she likes to visit the local circulating library. She becomes friends with the librarian, Anne Delahay. “She had soft fair hair, wide grey eyes and a low clear voice.” (p. 7).