Title Fire in the thatch : a Devon mystery / E.C.R. Lorac ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.

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Scottsdale, Arizona : Poisoned Pen Press in association with the British Library, 2018.

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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	M LORAC, E.C.R.	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition, First US trade paperback edition.
Description	244 pages ; 21 cm.
Series	British Library crime classics
	Devon mystery
	British Library crime classics.
Note	"Originally published in 1946 by Collins"--Title page verso.
Summary	"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 in the beautiful countryside 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."--Provided by publisher.
Subject	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- England -- Devon -- Fiction.
	Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Devon -- Fiction.
	Devon (England) -- Fiction.
	Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788
	Veterans. (OCoLC)fst01165710
	England -- Devon. (OCoLC)fst01206047
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Detective and mystery fiction.
	Historical fiction.
	Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
	Mystery fiction.
Added Author	Edwards, Martin, 1955- writer of introductory text.
ISBN	0712352600
	9780712352604
	9781464209673 (trade paperback)
	1464209677 (trade paperback)

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