The Voice Of The Corpse
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1956.
A middle-aged busybody who taunts her fellow villagers with what she has found up about their secret lives is done to death by a blunt instrument. The world of Inching Round (the name of the village) is full of suspects. The late Angela Pewsey had no friends and was surrounded by enemies. Into this world comes the lawyer and reluctant detective Firth Prentice, and later the Scotland Yard Inspector Fowler, cast about trying to eliminate suspects.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Minor wear to spine ends. Pen initials to top right of front cover. Couple of creases to top and bottom right corner of front cover. Light foxing to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1956.
A middle-aged busybody who taunts her fellow villagers with what she has found up about their secret lives is done to death by a blunt instrument. The world of Inching Round (the name of the village) is full of suspects. The late Angela Pewsey had no friends and was surrounded by enemies. Into this world comes the lawyer and reluctant detective Firth Prentice, and later the Scotland Yard Inspector Fowler, cast about trying to eliminate suspects.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Minor wear to spine ends. Pen initials to top right of front cover. Couple of creases to top and bottom right corner of front cover. Light foxing to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1956.
A middle-aged busybody who taunts her fellow villagers with what she has found up about their secret lives is done to death by a blunt instrument. The world of Inching Round (the name of the village) is full of suspects. The late Angela Pewsey had no friends and was surrounded by enemies. Into this world comes the lawyer and reluctant detective Firth Prentice, and later the Scotland Yard Inspector Fowler, cast about trying to eliminate suspects.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Minor wear to spine ends. Pen initials to top right of front cover. Couple of creases to top and bottom right corner of front cover. Light foxing to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
