Fly in the Cobweb

Frank PARRISH

ISBN 10: 0094666903 / ISBN 13: 9780094666900

Published by Constable, 1986

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A first UK edition hardback in very good condition for its age.  Bumped at  tail of book spine.  Age tanning to pages making them very brown but still eminently readable.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price and is in very nice condition given its age. A Dan Mallett novel. SYNOPSIS:  "Dan is a law unto himself, with a taste for young pheasants and old silver - especially when these belong to people who have plenty to spare. So it comes about that one dark night he is crouching in the flagstoned hall of soon-to-be occupied Medwell Court, hoping to leave it with a quantity of silver from the packing-cases standing around him, when he sees that somebody else has had the same idea.  But whereas Dan's plans involved decoying the security guard, the other intruder's included brutal murder.  And Dan sees it all." IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fly in the Cobweb
• Publisher: Constable
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0094666903
• ISBN 13: 9780094666900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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From Publishers Weekly

Dan Mallett, outrageous but endearing rogue of the English countryside, returns for his sixth adventure. To the gentry of Medwell Fractorum, Mallett appears to be a simple, homespun character straight out of a Thomas Hardy novel. The villagers, however, know the impish handyman to be a liar and a thief par excellence, an occupation not entirely unrespectable, since he steals only from the rich or undeserving. When Mallett's cantankerous mother desperately needs money for a hip operation, Mallett decides to steal a silver collection from Harold Dartie, owner of a nearby estate. But Mallett gets more than he bargained for when he witnesses Dartie murder his own security guard. Fearing Dartie will discover and kill him also, Mallett takes another name and hides among the touring groups that comprise the Medwell Symposium for the Performing Arts. But Dartie turns up in the audience. Will he recognize Mallett? Or will Mallett be able to bring Dartie to justice? Danger and humor strike a balance in this brisk tale, charmingly told. Mystery Guild dual selection. Foreign rights: Curtis Brown. January 22
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