An ancient country custom goes awry, killing a man and spoiling Bognor's holiday. At the annual Clout, the men of Herring do as they have done for centuries, firing arrows blindly into the woods and allowing their women to retrieve what they have shot. Nobody ever kills anything, but it's a jolly ti
No red Herrings
β Scribed by Scott, Mary; West, Joyce
- Book ID
- 110514410
- Publisher
- ANGUS AND ROBERTSON, London
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Series
- Inspektor Wright 4
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
NO RED HERRINGS
A trip to Honolulu was Beth Sutherlandβs prize for winning a quiz contest. Soon after she comes back to her home on a New Zealand sheep farm she disappears suddenly. Her disappearance follows the discovery of a murder in the village. Inspector Wright, who has solved other mysteries (Fatal Lady, The Mangrove Murder) no less perplexing in the heart of the New Zealand countryside, is soon on the spot. There are some exciting moments before the cause of it all is at last discovered.
195 p.
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