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.
Publisher: British Library PublishingISBN: 9780712352604Dimensions: 190 x 130 mm
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