Murder at the Chase: A Locked Room Mystery Set in 1950s England
Eric Brown$29.74
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Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic locked-room conundrum in this engaging historical mystery
July, 1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupre to assist a fellow writer. Alastair Endicott has requested Langham's help in discovering what's happened to his father, Edward, who seems to have disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. Before he vanished, the elder Endicott had been researching a book on the notorious Satanist Vivian Stafford. Could the proposed biography have something to do with his disappearance? Does local resident Stafford really possess supernatural powers, as some believe? As Langham and Dupre question those around them, it becomes clear that there have been strange goings-on in the sleepy village of Humble Barton. But is the village really haunted - or does someone merely want it to look that way? With a further shocking discovery, the case takes a disturbing new twist.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 12/01/2014
ISBN: 9780727884251
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.72w x 0.91d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/13/2014
Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 61
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014
Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 31
July, 1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupre to assist a fellow writer. Alastair Endicott has requested Langham's help in discovering what's happened to his father, Edward, who seems to have disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. Before he vanished, the elder Endicott had been researching a book on the notorious Satanist Vivian Stafford. Could the proposed biography have something to do with his disappearance? Does local resident Stafford really possess supernatural powers, as some believe? As Langham and Dupre question those around them, it becomes clear that there have been strange goings-on in the sleepy village of Humble Barton. But is the village really haunted - or does someone merely want it to look that way? With a further shocking discovery, the case takes a disturbing new twist.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 12/01/2014
ISBN: 9780727884251
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.72w x 0.91d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/13/2014
Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 61
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014
Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 31