The Cornish coast murder / John Bude ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.
Series: British Library Crime ClassicsPublisher: London : The British Library, [2014]Copyright date: [1935]Description: 286 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780712357159
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Loanable Book | Library | General Collection | 823 COR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Currently in local use | 08/03/2024 | 000412493 |
Originally published: London : Skeffington & Son, 1935.
"'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them - a mystery.' The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. But the vicar's peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head. The local police inspector is baffled by the complete absence of clues. Suspicion seems to fall on Tregarthan's niece, Ruth - but surely that young woman lacks the motive to shoot her uncle dead in cold blood? Luckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test" - Copac
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