Fire in the Thatch

Fire in the Thatch A Devon Mystery - British Library Crime Classics

First edition, First US trade paperback edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon - renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. Vaughan sets to work farming the land, rearing geese and renovating the cottage. Hard work and rural peace seem to make this a happy bachelor life.

On a nearby farm lives the bored, flirtatious June St Cyres, an exile from London while her husband is a Japanese POW. June's presence attracts fashionable visitors of dubious character, and threatens to spoil Vaughan's prized seclusion.

When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke - and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.

Book information

ISBN: 9781464209673
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, Inc.
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Pub date:
Edition: First edition, First US trade paperback edition
DEWEY: 823.912
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 244
Weight: 454g
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 25mm