Set in provincial France, this tale of violence and family tension presents Inspector Pel with another challenge--to pin a murder on one of several obvious suspects
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John Harris, who also wrote under the pen names of Mark Hebden and Max Hennessy was born in 1916. He authored the best-selling The Sea Shall Not Have Them. He was a sailor, an airman, a journalist, a travel courier, a cartoonist and a history teacher. During the Second World War he served with two air forces and two navies. After turning to full-time writing, Harris wrote adventure stories and created a sequence of crime novels around the quirky fictional character Chief Inspector Pel. A master of war and crime fiction, his enduring novels are versatile and entertaining.
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Seller: BookHolders, Towson, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Reprint ] Publisher: Walker & Co Pub Date: 1/1/1982 Binding: hardcover Pages: 188 Reprint edition. Seller Inventory # 6931952
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. There is wear around the edges and corners of the book and jacket; the jacket has some light tattering around the edges with several tiny tears. Seller Inventory # 147569
Seller: Jen's Books, Douglas, WY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Very Good in Very Good jacket Very Good in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7Ã,¾"-9Ã,¾ Very good book and dust jacket. Light shelf wear. Clean, tight and square. May have never been read. Seller Inventory # 007646
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. DJ - not price clipped - protected by mylar jacket. A very clean bright tight copy - no inscriptions. Seller Inventory # 3146e
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Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Hardback. Deep in the Burgundy countryside, a murder case is perplexing Inspector Pel. There are some obvious suspects, yet the clothes of none of them show any signs of blood. And what were the tensions that must have torn at this family? It's only when a second murder takes place that the method of the first becomes startlingly clear. 1983, First US edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by a discrete previous owners blind stamp on the front free endpaper. The d/w is unclipped and very good with a couple of short, repaired tears on the top edge of the front panel. Seller Inventory # 26105560
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Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0802754872