Untimely Death: Cyril Hare

Synopsis:

A classic 1950s mystery from one of the best-loved and most influential classic English crime writers.

Francis Pettigrew travels to Exmoor for a holiday with his wife - an area in which as a young boy he was traumatised by coming across a dead body on the moor. In an attempt to exorcise this trauma, Pettigrew walks across the moor to the place where the incident occurred - only to find another dead body.

Moreover when he returns to the scene with the police, the body is gone. Did he really see a body - or is it an hallucination conjured up by his return to the scene of the crime that has haunted him since childhood?

In Untimely Death, Cyril Hare conjures up an intriguing puzzle whose twists and turns will keep the reader turning the pages until the final surprising resolution.

Tags:

Categorised as:
Fiction
Sub-categories:
Crime & Thrillers
People & Characters:
Francis Pettigrew
Genres & Themes:
Detectives; Disappearance; Murder Mystery; Suspense
Untimely Death book cover
Selected edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571244881
Published:
04.09.2008
No of pages:
192

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