A Little Local Murder - Softcover

Barnard, Robert

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Synopsis

Social infighting in the tiny village of Twythching, just when Radio Broadwich starts to do a documentary on the town, leads to some poison pen letters and a murder, which Inspector George Parrish must investigate. Reprint. IP.

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About the Author

Robert Barnard was a well-established crime writer. He won the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award as well as the Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Awards, was been nominated eight times for the Edgar Award and was the winner of the 2003 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of achievement. He also wrote crime novels under the pseudonym of Bernard Bastable. He lived with his wife in Leeds and had over 45 titles published in the UK and US.

Review

You can count on a Barnard mystery being witty, intelligent and a joy to read Publishers Weekly One of our most original and versatile bloodspillers The Times Delicious ... an appetising entertainment New York Times Barnard's sharp and funny style and cast of eccentric characters make a clever mystery of small-town backbiting Kirkus Reviews

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