The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon renting a thatched cottage at Mallory Fitzjohn. Vaughan sets to work farming the land, rearing geese and renovating the cottage. Hard work and rural peace seem to make this a happy bachelor life. On a nearby farm lives the bored, flirtatious June St Cyres, an exile from London while her husband is a Japanese POW. June's presence attracts fashionable visitors of dubious character, and threatens to spoil Vaughan's prized seclusion. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan s work goes up in smoke and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.
Weiterführende Informationen
Serie / Reihe: British Library Crime Classics
Personen: Lorac, E.C.R. Edwards, Martin
Leseror. Aufstellung: Englisch → Literatur
Lorac, E.C.R.:
Fire in the thatch : a Devon Mystery / E.C.R. Lorac. - London : The British Library, 2018. - 254 ; 19x13 cm. - (British Library Crime Classics)
ISBN 978-0-7123-5260-4 kartoniert : 8,99 EPS
Literaturen germanischer Sprachen (anglo-amerikanische, skandinavische, niederländische und flämische Literaturen) - Signatur: Englisch; Literatur - Buch