A wounded soldier and a rector's daughter discover strange goings-on in the sleepy village of Kurland St. Mary in Catherine Lloyd's charming Regency-set mystery debut. Major Robert Kurland has returned to the quiet vistas of his village home to recuperate from the horrors of Waterloo. However injur
Death of a Village
โ Scribed by M. C. Beaton
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing;Mysterious Press
- Year
- 2007;2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Edition
- 1st ebook ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Trouble is afoot in a Scottish fishing village as Constable Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church full, and the air permeated with fear. With the help of a journalist, Macbeth begins to ferret out the truth.
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