Grim death
By: Gerald Verner
Publisher: Linford
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781444817263
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Murder; Fiction; Investigation; Large type books
Description: "Rich Mrs. Mallaby is hated by almost everyone in the village of Long Manton. When she is murdered in the church, Superintendent Hockley is faced with a big problem - nearly everybody has a motive. And what about the five hundred pounds which the dead woman had drawn out of her account? It looks like blackmail - but is it? Best-selling author Peter Hunt lives in the village, and is determined to solve the problem ..."--Publisher description.

Rich Mrs. Mallaby is hated by almost everyone in the village of Long Manton. When she is murdered in the church, Superintendent Hockley is faced with a big problem - nearly everybody has a motive. And what about the five hundred pounds which the dead woman had drawn out of her account? It looks like blackmail - but is it? Best-selling author Peter Hunt lives in the village, and is determined to solve the problem ...