Whatever can have happened to Lil
Flaxborough butcher Arthur Spain is worried that his sister-in-law hasn't been in touch lately,so he pays her a visit. But Lil's not at home,and by her porch door are a dozen bottles of curdling milk... Alarmed,he calls in the local police,D.I. Purbright and his ever-reliable Sergeant Sid Love.
It transpires Lilian Bannister is the second middle-aged woman in the town to mysteriously vanish,and the link is traced to a local lonely hearts agency called Handclasp House. So when a vulnerable-seeming lady with the charming title of Lucy Teatime signs up for a romantic rendezvous,the two detectives try extra hard to look out for her. But Miss Teatime has a few surprises of her own up her dainty sleeve!
Witty and a little wicked,Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.
Publisher: Duckworth BooksISBN: 9781788420877Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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