Death in Devon
- Author Ian Sansom
- Narrator Mike Grady
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 12 March 2015
- Run Time 7 hours and 51 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Adventure fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Historical crime and mysteries, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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What to expect
CREAM TEAS! SCHOOL DINNERS! SATANIC SURFERS!
Join our heroes as they follow up a Norfolk Mystery with a bad case of … DEATH IN DEVON.
Swanton Morley, the People’s Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley’s daughter Miriam and his assistant Stephen Sefton pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera.
Morley has been invited to give the Founder’s Day speech at All Souls School in Rousdon. But when the trio arrive they discover that a boy has died in mysterious circumstances. Was it an accident or was it – murder?
Join Morley, Sefton and Miram on another adventure into the dark heart of 1930s England.
Critics Review
‘Much recommended for a frolicsome read’ Country Life Magazine
n‘The magnificent Morley is very good company, and Sansom has a lovely way with a mind-bending puzzle … superbly entertaining’ The Times
nPraise for ‘The Norfolk Mystery’:
n‘A delightful, idiosyncratic mystery … Professor Morley promises to become a little gem of English crime writing; sample him now’ Daily Mail
n‘A brilliant first outing that leaves you looking forward to the next maniacal mystery tour’ Evening Standard
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