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There's two titles listed on the french page which I can't find elsewhere at present:

  • Fast Woman (1949) (might be a reprint title)
  • Entangled (1957) (per the Serie Noire page, has characters named Wanda and Julius Kingston; LARB identifies this as Glass Heart)

Two titles were published in Serie Noire. Publisher page here

Here's some info gathered from various ebay images:

Fallen Angel

On the copyright page lists:
  • copyright, 1949, by Avon Periodicals, Inc.
  • copyright, 1950, by Diversey Publishing Corp.

The Glass Heart

The Darling of Paris

  • Published in 1949 by "Avon Novels, Inc" as number 15 in "The Avon Monthly Novel" series. "Published by Special Arrangement with the Author". She is referred to as the "Author of 'Her Private Passions' and 'Fast Woman'". See images archived here

Fast Woman

  • Diversey Prize Novels No. 4 "This is a Diversey Original"; "First Time Published in Book Form"(published in a magazine previously??) "Copyright, 1949, by Marty Holland" See images archived here
More info:
Starts with "STEALING" and a character named Evelyn (per screenshots), so not Fallen Angel (starts with "It was a big passenger bus"), and not Darling of Paris ("fast woman" is referenced on the title page) nor "Glass Heart" (referenced as "her private passions" on same title page of darling of paris). Could be

Scar of encounter

  • in publisher's weekly: link

Some copyright catalog entries (reformatted somewhat):

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1945

  • Holland (Mary)* Hollywood, Calif. Fallen angel, by Marty Holland; pseud. 1st ed.; © May 7 1945; A 187485

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1947

  • The glass heart ... by Marty Holland. New York, J. Messner, inc. 1946; 3 p. l. 192 p. 19½"; "A recommended mystery"; © 25Nov46; 2c 16Nov46; Julian Messner, inc.; A9925.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1949

  • Her private passions. Originally titled The glass heart. 158 p.; New Avon Library 181; © Avon Pub. Co., inc., New York; 19Oct48; on cover art work by Ann Cantor; A30038

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1950

  • The darling of Paris. Cover art (photography) by D. Richard Statile; Now York, Avon Novels. 123 p.; The Avon monthly novel. 15; © on cover art; Marty Holland; 15Nov49; A42988.
  • Fast woman, a new novel; Cover art work, photography, by Del Hayden; New York, Diversey Periodicals. 128 p.; © on cover art work; Marty Holland; 4Oct49; A42983.

From the internet archive:

  • "Frank Borzage has bid $75,000 for the script of "32 Regent Square," novel by Marty Holland, who also penned "Fallen Angel."" link
  • "Humphrey Bogart has the first option on the novel "Windrift," written by Marty Holland, author of "Fallen Angel" and "32 Regent Square" link
  • the glass heart optioned but not produced: "Also in preparation at UCP is [...] the Marty Holland best-selling mystery novel, "The Glass Heart," with [Philip] Yordan handling the screen adaptation." link
  • "RKO has acquired the film rights to Marty Holland's novel, "The Glass Heart," and has signed James Cain to adapt it to the screen." link
  • "[Douglas] Sirk's first for UCP will be "The Glass Heart," starring Robert Cummings." link
  • "[James M.] Cain was working at RKO [...] and his first assignment was to do a script for a film, apparently never completed, called The Glass Heart. [...] The studio eventually set The Glass Heart aside [...]" link