A high mortality of doves /
by Ellis, Kate [author.].
Material type: BookPublisher: Leicester : Charnwood, 2019Description: 392 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781444839586 (hbk.) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Derbyshire (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Large type books | Detective and mystery stories | Crime | Crime & mystery fictionSummary: 1919: The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four years of war. Just when the village has begun to regain its tranquillity, a young woman, Myrtle Bligh, is found stabbed and left in a woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove - a bird of peace. When two more women are found murdered in identical circumstances, Wenfield is thrown into a panic. With rumours of a ghostly soldier with a painted face being spotted near the scene of the murders, Inspector Albert Lincoln is sent up from London to crack the terrible case - but with the killer still on the loose, who will be next to die at the hands of this vicious angel of death?Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Large Print - Adult | Formby Library Large Print Crime | Large Print Adult Fiction | Checked out | 29/10/2024 | 002992535x |
Standard print edition originally published: 2016.
1919: The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four years of war. Just when the village has begun to regain its tranquillity, a young woman, Myrtle Bligh, is found stabbed and left in a woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove - a bird of peace. When two more women are found murdered in identical circumstances, Wenfield is thrown into a panic. With rumours of a ghostly soldier with a painted face being spotted near the scene of the murders, Inspector Albert Lincoln is sent up from London to crack the terrible case - but with the killer still on the loose, who will be next to die at the hands of this vicious angel of death?
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