1895. Former Scotland Yard detective Daniel Wilson, made famous from his days working the Jack the Ripper case, & his archaeologist
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When Clarice Beech finds her friend Peter Ramsey dead in his kitchen, she believes he's succumbed to a fatal heart attack. Peter, who lived in one of the five cottages on Magpie Row in the Lincolnshire Wolds, was a keen supporter of stray cats
- which made him very unpopular with the neighbours. & after Chris Morris, an alcoholic neighbour, disrupts Peter's funeral, insisting Peter was murdered
- & he knows who the murderer is
- Clarice discovers there's no shortage of possible suspects among the Magpie Row inhabitants. Who, behind Magpie Row's idyllic façade, might have had murder in mind? &, after his outburst at Peter's funeral, where is Chris? & is Clarice, with her mission to tend to Peter's strays, as well as uncover the truth about her friend's death, putting herself in danger's way? Product Information: •†ISBN: 9780349135243 •†Author: Kate High •†Publisher: Constable •†Format:† Paperback •†Pages:†352 •†Dimensions: 12.4 x 2.59 x 19.61 cm