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Fire in the Thatch
A Devon Mystery
Series: British Library Crime Classics
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Fire in the Thatch
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Little Thatch - a thatched cottage in the Devon countryside. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke - and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.
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The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon, renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. Vaughan sets to work farming the land, rearing geese and renovating the cottage. Hard work and rural peace seem to make this a happy bachelor life.
On a nearby farm lives the bored, flirtatious June St Cyres, an exile from London while her husband is a Japanese POW. June's presence attracts fashionable visitors of dubious character and threatens to spoil Vaughan's prized seclusion.
When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke—and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.
Fire in the Thatch by E. C. R. Lorac is a compelling mystery set against the idyllic yet deceptive backdrop of wartime Devon.
Series: British Library Crime Classics
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ISBN: 9780712352604
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 February 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 130.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
E. C. R. Lorac was a pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) who was a prolific writer of crime fiction from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a member of the prestigious Detection Club. Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age.
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