Synopsis
Both Hopjoy and his landlord are missing, and a possible murder weapon is found, but without a victim's body Inspector Purbright will have difficulty solving the case
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Review
'[A] macabre and jolly English tale' - "New Yorker". 'Mr. Watson has an unforgivably sharp eye for the ridiculous' - Anthony Boucher, "New York Times".
About the Author
Colin Watson was born in 1920. He worked as a journalist but was most famous for his twelve 'Flaxborough' novels, set in a small fictional town in England. Four of the 'Flaxborough' novels were adapted for television by the BBC under the series title Murder Most English and Watson's Detective Inspector Purbright remains one of the most intellectual detectives in the crime genre. Colin Watson died in 1983.
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Hopjoy Was Here
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Dell Pub Co January 1982, 1982
ISBN 10: 0440136253
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Dell Publishing Company September 1982, New York, 1982
ISBN 10: 0440136253
ISBN 13: 9780440136255
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. first edition thus. [New York]: A Dell Book 1982. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0440136253 . First printing thus. Murder Ink Mystery #53. 169 pages. Very good copy with spine/cover creasing, paper tanning with a small date stamp to the bottom edge. See photos sr 3/7. Seller Inventory # 22976
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A little reading wear. Pages are starting to tan. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Seller Inventory # 057778