The Man with a Load of Mischief
by Grimes, Martha
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316328804
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328807
- Seller
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Lincoln City, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub’s sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors’ hearts…
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- Bookseller
- Robert's Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23824
- Title
- The Man with a Load of Mischief
- Author
- Grimes, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316328804
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328807
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0316328804, Mystery
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