Death in Devon (The County Guides) - Softcover

Sansom, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007533160 ISBN 13: 9780007533169

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS, 2017

Synopsis

CREAM TEAS! SCHOOL DINNERS! SATANIC SURFERS!

Join our heroes as they follow up a Norfolk Mystery with a bad case of ... DEATH IN DEVON.

Swanton Morley, the People’s Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley’s daughter Miriam and his assistant Stephen Sefton pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera.

Morley has been invited to give the Founder’s Day speech at All Souls School in Rousdon. But when the trio arrive they discover that a boy has died in mysterious circumstances. Was it an accident or was it – murder?

Join Morley, Sefton and Miram on another adventure into the dark heart of 1930s England.

About this title

Review:

‘Much recommended for a frolicsome read’ Country Life Magazine

‘The magnificent Morley is very good company, and Sansom has a lovely way with a mind-bending puzzle ... superbly entertaining’ The Times

Praise for ‘The Norfolk Mystery’:

‘A delightful, idiosyncratic mystery ... Professor Morley promises to become a little gem of English crime writing; sample him now’ Daily Mail

‘A brilliant first outing that leaves you looking forward to the next maniacal mystery tour’ Evening Standard

About the Author:

Ian Sansom writes for the ‘Guardian’ and the ‘London Review of Books’. He is the author of ten books including, ‘Paper: An Elegy’, ‘Mr Dixon Disappears’, ‘The delegates Choice’ and ‘The Bad Book Affair’, some of the instalments of The Mobile Library series. He lives in Northern Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: HARPER COLLINS
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0007533160
• ISBN 13: 9780007533169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320