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The Case of the Famished Parson
Inspector Littlejohn Mystery (Related to this series)
- Author
- George Bellairs
- Narrator
- Antony Ferguson
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 23 April 2019
- Run Time
- 5 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Inspector Littlejohn faces an incredibly peculiar case. How to explain the savage murder of a gentle Bishop? Did he know too much about the secretive citizens of Cape Marvin? Or did it have something to do with the strange family he left behind in Medhope?
Above all, why was the Bishop's body so undernourished that death by violence won out by only a few days over death by starvation?
About Inspector Littlejohn
Inspector Thomas Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is a shrewd yet courteous sleuth who splits his time between quaint English villages, the scenic Isle of Man, and French Provinces. With a sharp tongue and a dry sense of humor, Littlejohn approaches his work with poise and confidence, shifting through red-herrings and solving even the most perplexing of cases.
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Details
- Author
- George Bellairs
- Narrator
- Antony Ferguson
- Duration
- 5 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 April 2019
- ISBN
- 9781541401921
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Dr. James Macintosh, the Bishop of Greyle, was a mysterious man. For a long time, nobody even knew his last name . . . until his body is found emaciated and battered having been pushed face-first off the edge of a cliff. Inspector Littlejohn faces an incredibly peculiar case. How to explain the savage murder of a gentle Bishop? Did he know too much about the secretive citizens of Cape Marvin? Or did it have something to do with the strange family he left behind in Medhope?Above all, why was the Bishop's body so undernourished that death by violence won out by only a few days over death by starvation?About Inspector LittlejohnInspector Thomas Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is a shrewd yet courteous sleuth who splits his time between quaint English villages, the scenic Isle of Man, and French Provinces. With a sharp tongue and a dry sense of humor, Littlejohn approaches his work with poise and confidence, shifting through red-herrings and solving even the most perplexing of cases.
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