
As heard on Radio 4's Book at Bedtime this is Professor Morley's guide to Norfolk; a story of bygone England; quaint villages eccentric locals
- & murder! It is 1937 & disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is stony broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where 'intelligence is essential' he applies. Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England with a guide to every county. They start in Norfolk but when the vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church's bellrope Morley & Sefton find themselves drawn into a rather more fiendish plot. Did the Reverend really take his own life or was it
- murder? Beginning a thrilling new detective series ' The Norfolk Mystery' is the first of The County Guides. A must-read for fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Agatha Christie every county is a crime scene & with 39 counties in store there'll be plenty of murder mystery & mayhem to confound & entertain you for years to come.