{"product_id":"2026100009479-secondhand-the-walking-stick","title":"The Walking Stick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman's loneliness and longing become her greatest vulnerability in Winston Graham's taut, psychologically rich novel The Walking Stick. Deborah Dainton, a partially paralysed woman who has built careful walls around her solitary life, finds those defences crumbling when she falls passionately in love with Leigh Hartley — a charming, enigmatic artist with a shadowy past. What begins as a tender and unexpected romance gradually tightens into something far more dangerous, as Deborah is drawn into a meticulously planned art heist that puts everything she holds dear at risk.\n\nGraham, best known for his sweeping Poldark saga, demonstrates here the same masterful command of character and suspense in a far more intimate register. The Walking Stick is a study in emotional manipulation and moral ambiguity, written with a cool, precise elegance that keeps the reader perpetually off-balance. The novel poses an unsettling question that lingers long after the final page: when love is used as a weapon, can its victim ever truly tell the difference between devotion and deception?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203179815131,"sku":"2026100009479-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6760a82c-7868-470b-add7-c4f39b56f00e.png?v=1788144959","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009479-secondhand-the-walking-stick","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}