Superstitious Death

Nicholas Rhea

ISBN 10: 0094786208 / ISBN 13: 9780094786202

Published by London: Constable, 1998

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Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head of the spine and top corners with the expected associated chafing to the dust wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Appears to have been (re)bound in library binding, plain grey with no titling but no other library marks. Pages lightly age-tanned at the margins; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over grey boards; Measures 8¾" x 5½" (0.6 kg); pp 208; In the Constable Crime series; A second lighthearted crime novel featuring the superstitious Detective Inspector Montague Pluke of Yorkshire's Crickledale CID, whose investigation into the discovery of a young woman's body in a shallow grave is brought to an abrupt halt by the security services. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #169331 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Superstitious Death
• Publisher: London: Constable
• Publication Date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0094786208
• ISBN 13: 9780094786202
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction Crime

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Synopsis

When Mrs Cholmondeley's bay tree withered and died for no apparent reason, the highly superstitious Detective Inspector Montague Pluke knew that a death was imminent in the small Yorkshire town of Crickledale. The subsequent discovery of a shallow grave containing the body of an unknown young woman confirmed his belief.
The injury to the dead girl's head suggested murder and the mirror in the grave told Pluke that this was not a routine investigation but one which would require all his knowledge of superstitions. But before this specialist knowledge can be put to good use, the police have to identify the victim. No young women have been reported missing.
Then Pluke's problems increase when the Security Services tell him to end his enquiries as his investigation begins to bring up secrets in the life of a local philanthropist...