Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson

Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson

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In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia. But before long Detective Inspector Purbright must examine another death. This time it looks like foul play. Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

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Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson

In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia. But before longDetective Inspector Purbrightmust examine another death. This time it looks like foul play. Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.
Colin Watson was born in 1920 in Croydon, England. At age 17 he was appointed cub reporter on the Boston Guardian, a local newspaper in a Lincolnshire market town. His years as a journalist there proved a formative experience, and he collected then much of the material that formed the basis for the Flaxborough novels. He won two CWA Silver Dagger awards, and the Flaxborough series was adapted for television by the BBC under the title Murder Most English. He died in 1983.
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ISBN 13 9781788420150
ISBN 10 1788420152
Title Coffin, Scarcely Used
Author Colin Watson
Series A Flaxborough Mystery
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Duckworth Books
Year published 2018-05-03
Number of pages 208
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