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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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- PublisherDell Pub Co
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0440136253
- ISBN 13 9780440136255
- BindingPaperback
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