num_pages: 288
description: It's 1922 and Jack Haldean, young crime writer and former Royal Flying Corps pilot, is enjoying the local fete on a beautiful summer's day in rural Sussex. But then Jack's fellow officer, Jeremy Boscombe, is found dead in the fortune teller's tent and later the same day Boscombe's shady friend, Reggie Morton, is murdered in the village pub. Jack's search for the truth will lead him back to the Battle of the Somme and an act of terrible betrayal.
language: English
title: A Fete Worse Than Death
titlecomplete: A Fete Worse Than Death (Jack Haldean Murder Mystery #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Cozy Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 533
places: Sussex, England
series: Jack Haldean Murder Mystery
publisher: Carroll & Graf