Three, Three, The Rivals (U) (Magna Large Print General Series) - Hardcover
Book 10 of 16: Detective Webb Murder Mysteries
Synopsis
'Always readable.' - RACHEL LAURENCE, LIVERPOOL DAILY POST. Against his will, Detective Chief Inspector Webb is assigned to a murder case in the town where he grew up. Smouldering resentments impede his inquiries as he tries to sort out the truth. By the end of the case not only Webb but several prominent residents of Erlesborough have been forced to take a long, hard look at themselves.
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From Publishers Weekly
The latest in the series whose titles come from the English folksong, "Green Grow the Rushes-O," requires Detective Chief Inspector David Webb to face troubling aspects in his past while investigating a murder. When old Billy Makepeace is murdered in Webb's hometown, Webb is caught in the remnants of a feud involving the victim; his own father, who is deceased; and Dick Vernon, a former friend who mysteriously vanished long ago. Webb learns from his sister Sheila that, on the night of his death, Makepeace had phoned her, an unprecedented act. Although she wasn't home to speak with him, she thinks his call might have been sparked by her childhood story of having seen a ghost, an experience that he overheard her telling some friends earlier during that day. Determined to clear up bygone mysteries as well as Makepeace's murder, Webb reintroduces himself to small-town life, reconciles with a girlfriend, whom he abruptly left many years before, and finds the missing Vernon. Family relationships, ancient feuds and childhood memories converge in this satisfying, reflective mystery.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In this tenth case, Detective Chief Inspector David Webb unwillingly investigates a murder in his hometown, where long-held grudges and personal nightmares make his task more difficult. Dependable work from a popular British writer (Symbols at Your Door, Doubleday, 1991).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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