Death on the Derwent: A Murder Mystery Set in Belper 1949 - Softcover

Annable, Narvel; Durand, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953041921 ISBN 13: 9780953041923

Publisher: Narvel S Annable, 2014

Synopsis

Death on the DerwentA Murder Mystery set in Belper 1949Join the formidable schoolmistress Miss Florence Calder and her small, cantankerous, hunchbacked sister Miss Madge, as they detect and attempt to unmask a clever murderer in the leafy, ivy-clad, quaint and quieter Belper of 1949.This entertaining blend of fact and fiction, set against the skilfully described background of spectacular Derbyshire scenery, is both an intriguing 'whodunit' and also a local history. Atmospheric narrative will take you around the nooks and crannies of the old mill town, in both bright sunshine and also in menacing thick fog.It is complete with a body in a boat, psychic phenomena in the candle-lit haunted halls of the rambling old Bridge House School, a séance, a conjuring trick and all ending in a surprise.Some hilarious, colourful and quirky characters spanning the social divide from the past poverty of Cowhill, to the opulence of Bridge Hill, combine with suspense and dramatic tension to produce a thoroughly enjoyable thriller.

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About the Author

About the Author Narvel Annable’s Heanor Schooldays (1998) was autobiographic, covering his unhappiness in a grim, gas-lit, Dickensian, Church of England junior school from 1955 to 1958. Adolescence and the move to William Howitt Secondary Modern School, "A culture of kindness", in September, 1958, was a dramatic improvement, graphically retold in the second half of the social history. In 1963 he emigrated to the United States and arrived in Detroit on the day before the assassination of President Kennedy. The next seven years saw him in a variety of jobs which included labourer, lathe-hand, bank messenger and camera salesman. In 1975 he graduated from Eastern Michigan University (magna cum laude) and taught African American History for a year at St Bridget High School in Detroit. In 1976 he returned to Derbyshire to help organise and launch 'Heritage Education Year 1977' at Sudbury Hall. From 1978 to 1995 he taught history at the Valley Comprehensive School in Worksop which gradually became more progressive. Narvel criticises these changes in some detail in his first two books. Seizing retirement at the earliest opportunity, he started to write historical and educational articles for the local Press and has been interviewed several times on BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Nottingham. BBC Radio Manchester and Sheffield also invited Narvel to discuss his writing and campaigning. BBC Radio Leicester asked serious questions about Scruffy Chicken in 2006. Death on the Derwent - A Murder Mystery set in Belper 1949, his third book and first novel, was published in 1999. His fourth book, A Judge Too Far - A Biography of His Honour Judge Keith Matthewman QC of the Nottingham Crown Court, was published in 2001. Inspired by Heanor Schooldays, Mr Annable's second 'whodunit' novel and fifth book Lost Lad A Mystery set in Derbyshire in 1960 (ISBN 0 9530419 6 4) was published in 2003. His sixth book Scruffy Chicken A Derbyshire Mystery set in 1965 (ISBN 0 9530419 4 8) was published in 2006. Secret Summer A Derbyshire Mystery set in 1966 – was published by The Nazca Plains Corporation in Las Vegas in 2010. Sea Change (the real truth behind Lost Lad) was published in 2014. Narvel lives with his Civil Partner Terry Durand in Belper, Derbyshire. in September 2014 they celebrated their 38 years together.

Edition details

• Publisher: Narvel S Annable
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953041921
• ISBN 13: 9780953041923
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 220