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The Man with a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury)
The Man with a Load of Mischief - Richard Jury Author:Martha Grimes Long Piddleton had always been wary of newcomers, but the quiet town was stunned when the first stranger was found dead, upended in a butt of ale in the cellar of The Man With A Load Of Mischief. Then the second body appeared, swinging in place of the mechanical man above the door of the Jack and Hammer. — Suddenly Long Piddleton had good reason ... more »to be wary of everyone! Its cozy pubs and inns with their polished pewter and blazing hearths had become scenes of the most bizarre crimes. Who were the victims? And who was the murder? A maniac? A stranger? Or the disarmingly friendly man next door?« less