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A High Mortality of Doves
Kate Ellis
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Description for A High Mortality of Doves
Paperback. A brilliant and shocking new historical thriller from the author of the Wesley Peterson novels Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity. Myrtle Bligh is found stabbed and left in woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove, a bird of peace. During the war Myrtle worked as a volunteer nurse with Flora Winsmore, the local doctor's daughter, caring for badly wounded soldiers at the nearby big house, Tarnhey ... Read more
1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity. Myrtle Bligh is found stabbed and left in woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove, a bird of peace. During the war Myrtle worked as a volunteer nurse with Flora Winsmore, the local doctor's daughter, caring for badly wounded soldiers at the nearby big house, Tarnhey ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349413068
SKU
V9780349413068
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99-10
About Kate Ellis
Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She is the author of the Wesley Peterson murder mysteries as well as the Joe Plantagenet mysteries and the Albert Lincoln Trilogy set in the aftermath of the Great War. She has twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger ... Read more
Reviews for A High Mortality of Doves
A haunting period piece
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