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"A lovely smooth read." --"Washington Post"
"A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece."--"Columbus Dispatch"
"As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children's books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Small Beer Press, a small publishing company in Massachusetts, is reprinting ... Peter Dickinson's books, which is a wonderful, wonderful gift to mystery readers who are yearning for that kind of old-fashioned British mystery where it doesn't move quickly, you get engrossed in the time period."--Nancy Pearl, NPR
"A lovely smooth read." --"Washington Post"
"A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece."--"Columbus Dispatch"
"As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children's books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches."--"Kirkus Reviews"
-Small Beer Press, a small publishing company in Massachusetts, is reprinting ... Peter Dickinson's books, which is a wonderful, wonderful gift to mystery readers who are yearning for that kind of old-fashioned British mystery where it doesn't move quickly, you get engrossed in the time period.---Nancy Pearl, NPR
-A lovely smooth read.- --Washington Post
-A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece.---Columbus Dispatch
-As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written.- --Times Literary Supplement
-Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children's books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches.---Kirkus Reviews
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"A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece."--"Columbus Dispatch"
"As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children's books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Small Beer Press, a small publishing company in Massachusetts, is reprinting ... Peter Dickinson's books, which is a wonderful, wonderful gift to mystery readers who are yearning for that kind of old-fashioned British mystery where it doesn't move quickly, you get engrossed in the time period."--Nancy Pearl, NPR
"A lovely smooth read." --"Washington Post"
"A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece."--"Columbus Dispatch"
"As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children's books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches."--"Kirkus Reviews"
-Small Beer Press, a small publishing company in Massachusetts, is reprinting ... Peter Dickinson's books, which is a wonderful, wonderful gift to mystery readers who are yearning for that kind of old-fashioned British mystery where it doesn't move quickly, you get engrossed in the time period.---Nancy Pearl, NPR
-A lovely smooth read.- --Washington Post
-A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece.---Columbus Dispatch
-As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written.- --Times Literary Supplement
-Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children's books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches.---Kirkus Reviews
'Peter Dickinson is a delight to read' Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0340264071
- ISBN 13 9780340264072
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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