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2023
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October 1891.
A stranger is discovered hanging from a tree in the Malvern Hills.
Detective Inspector Ravenscroft and Constable Crabb are called in to investigate. But how can they solve the murder if no one can identify the victim?
Whoever killed the man must have really wanted him dead - they strung him up and watched as he suffocated.
This may be the most dangerous case Ravenscroft has ever worked. Will the Herefordshire Hangmen ever be brought...
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2023
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N EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE MYSTERY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTS Mathon Churchyard, March 1891. The Cleaves family gather in a small country churchyard for their son's funeral. But they don't recognise the dead man in the coffin. WHO IS HE? AND WHERE'S THEIR SON? Detective Inspector Ravenscroft is alarmed by the behaviour of the Upton Undertakers. What are they hiding? And who killed this man? Then another member of the Cleaves family is found dead....
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2023
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AN EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE MYSTERY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTS Pershore, 1890. Talbots' Lodging House is renowned for its revolting fare. But no one ever died from dining there — until now. Everyone who tasted the chef's soup is left with a nasty case of food poisoning. BUT THE MAN WHO REFUSED IT IS FOUND DEAD. Detective Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft and Constable Tom Crabb are called in to investigate. Rumours abound that the dead man has been poisoned...
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2023
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AN EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE MYSTERY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTS
Worcester, April 1893.
Detective Inspector Ravenscroft receives a strange note from a lonely old woman fearing for her life. But when he visits her, she is already dead.
DID MISS MAUD FINCHER'S HEART GIVE OUT OR WAS SHE SCARED TO DEATH?
Maud Fincher was part of a group of locals trying to speak to their deceased loved ones through the medium of séance. Ravenscroft thinks this is harmless...
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2023
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AN EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE MYSTERY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTS
Ledbury, December 1892.
Detective Inspector Ravenscroft looks forward to spending a quiet Christmas with his family. Then he receives news that an old friend stands accused of a brutal murder.
DID YOUNG STEBBINS STAB HIS OWN UNCLE IN THE BACK?
Ravenscroft and Detective Sergeant Crabb travel to the old Worcestershire market town of Bromsgrove to investigate. But events soon take a deadly...
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