On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure - but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote Outer Hebrides. And though it is the end of his holiday, it is also the beginning of an intriguing investigation into the bizarre circumstances shrouding Charles Martin's death...
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On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure - but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote Outer Hebrides. And though it is the end of his holiday, it is also the beginning of an intriguing investigation into the bizarre circumstances shrouding Charles Martin's death...
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New. On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure-but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184. On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure-but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184. 2011. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This book was written some 50 years ago and yet reads easily today. Miss Tey, sadly, only wrote a very few books. but each is a little gem. Somehow I had missed this one until now - what joy to discover it! Whether you have come across Josephine Tey before, or you are coming fresh to her writing, you will love this classic detective story. Read it!