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The murder book : a Henry Johnstone mystery / Jane A. Adams.

Adams, Jane, 1960- (author.).

Summary:

"Lincolnshire, England. June, 1928. When three freshly-buried bodies are unearthed in the front yard of a rented cottage, DCI Henry Johnstone, a specialist murder detective from London, is summoned to investigate. Two of the victims are identified as Mary Fields, known to have worked as a prostitute, and her seven-year-old daughter Ruby. But who is the third victim and what was he doing at the cottage? Johnstone is determined to do things by the book, but his use of forensic science and other modern methods of detection soon ruffles feathers. Frustrated by the unhelpful attitude of the local constabulary, Johnstone fears the investigation is heading nowhere. Then he's called out to another murder..."--Book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780727886552
  • ISBN: 072788655X
  • Physical Description: 236 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: First world edition
  • Publisher: Sutton, Surrey, England : Severn House Publishers Ltd., 2016.
Subject: Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Prostitutes > Crimes against > Fiction.
Lincolnshire (England) > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

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  • 9 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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