Blue Murder by Colin Watson

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Summary

A car mowing its way through Flaxborough market dramatically signals the presence of fearlessjournalist - Clive Grail, bent on uncovering scandal in that town's quiet respectable back streets. In answer to published hints of revelations to come, the mayor issues a challenge of a bloodcurdling and - as Inspector Purbright explains - illegal nature.

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Blue Murder by Colin Watson

A car mowing its way through Flaxborough market dramatically signals the presence of fearlessjournalist - Clive Grail, bent on uncovering scandal in that town's quiet respectable back streets. In answer to published hints of revelations to come, the mayor issues a challenge of a bloodcurdling and - as Inspector Purbright explains - illegal nature.
Colin Watson was born in 1920. He worked as a journalist but was most famous for his twelve 'Flaxborough' novels, set in a small fictional town in England. Four of the 'Flaxborough' novels were adapted for television by the BBC under the series title Murder Most English and Watson's Detective Inspector Purbright remains one of the most intellectual detectives in the crime genre. Colin Watson died in 1983.
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ISBN 13 9780571255863
ISBN 10 0571255868
Title Blue Murder
Author Colin Watson
Series A Flaxborough Mystery
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2009-11-03
Number of pages 160
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