num_pages: 207
description: In the sleepy hamlet of Lumpkins Corners, Professor Peter Shandy's reputation as an amateur sleuth was almost as well known as his success in developing a new strain of rutabaga. So when violent and exceedingly unpleasant death visited Horsefall Farm, the third phone call - after the police and the coroner were called - was to Professor Shandy.The cause of death was all too clear: quicklime. The verdict: a tragic accident. But that was before a nosy young reporter dug up an ancient Nordic runestone and its curse. Before 102-year-old Sven Svenson took up with an older woman. Before Professor Shandy pieced together a puzzle that pointed to a very clever killer.
language: English
title: Wrack and Rune
titlecomplete: Wrack and Rune (Professor Peter Shandy Mystery #3)
characters: Lumpkinton police chief, Dr. Sven Svenson, Thorkjeld Svenson, Sieglinde Svenson, Hilda Horsefall, Brinkley Swope, Gunder Gaffson, Helen Shandy, Henny Horsefall, Loretta Fescue, Fergy Black, Ralph Horsefall, Wilbur J. Olson, Jeff Lewis, Canute Lumpkin, Eddie Horsefall, Peter Shandy, Tim Ames, Cronkite Swope, Huntley Swope, Spurge Lumpkin, Betsy Lomax, Marie Horsefall, Jolene Horsefall, Royall Ames, Dr. Howland Melchett, Laurie Ames, Grace Porbles, Ralph Horsefall Jr., Fesky Fescue, Millicent Peavey, Mirelle Feldster, Jessica Tate, Bill Swope
genres: Cozy Mystery, College, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Humor, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 1727
places: Lumpkin Corners, Massachusetts
series: Peter Shandy
publisher: Avon Books