A Flaxborough Mystery Series By Colin Watson (Vol. 1-5) Collection 5 Books Set - Fiction - Paperback

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Cause of death: pneumonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut he is scarcely cold in his coffin before Detective Inspector Purbright, affable and annoyingly polite, must turn out again to examine the death of Carobleat's neighbour, Marcus Gwill, former prop. of the local rag, the Citizen. This time it looks like foul play, unless a surfeit of marshmallows had led the late and rather unlamented Mr Gwill to commit suicide by electrocution. ('Power without responsibility', murmurs Purbright.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow were the dead men connected, both to each other and to a small but select band of other town worthies? Purbright becomes intrigued by a stream of advertisements Gwill was putting in the Citizen, for some very oddly named antique items…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBump in the Night\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, where the good folk are outraged at having their rest disturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a drinking fountain being blown to smithereens - next the statue of a local worthy loses his head, and the following week a giant glass eye is exploded. Despite the soft-soled sleuthing of cub reporter Len Leaper, the crime spate grows alarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheer vandalism is bad enough, but when a life is lost the amiable Inspector Purbright, called in from nearby Flaxborough to assist in enquiries, finds he must delve deep into the seamier side of this quiet town's goings on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHopjoy Was Here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gripping sight of four burly policemen manhandling a bath down the front path of a respectable villa isn't one the residents of Flaxborough see every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNet curtains twitch furiously, and neighbours have observations to make to Chief Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love about the inhabitants of 14, Beatrice Avenue. Nice Gordon Periam, the mild-mannered tobacconist, and his rather less nice (in fact a bit of a bounder) lodger Brian Hopjoy had apparently shared the house amicably.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut now neither man is to be found and something very disagreeable seems to be lurking in the drains… Then a couple of government spooks turn up, one with an eye for the ladies - the drama is acquiring overtones of a Bond movie!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonelyheart 4122\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhatever can have happened to Lil?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlaxborough butcher Arthur Spain is worried that his sister-in-law hasn’t been in touch lately, so he pays her a visit. But Lil’s not at home, and by her porch door are a dozen bottles of curdling milk… Alarmed, he calls in the local police, D.I. Purbright and his ever-reliable Sergeant Sid Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt transpires Lilian Bannister is the second middle-aged woman in the town to mysteriously vanish, and the link is traced to a local lonely hearts agency called Handclasp House. So when a vulnerable-seeming lady with the charming title of Lucy Teatime signs up for a romantic rendezvous, the two detectives try extra hard to look out for her. But Miss Teatime has a few surprises of her own up her dainty sleeve!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharity Ends at Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I am in great danger … I know that murder is going to be the reward for my uncomplaining loyalty.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis letter containing heartfelt and urgent pleas for help is received by three very eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable himself. 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Coffin, Scarcely Used\u003cbr\u003e2. Bump in the Night\u003cbr\u003e3. Hopjoy Was Here\u003cbr\u003e4. Lonelyheart 4122\u003cbr\u003e5. Charity Ends at Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoffin, Scarcely Used\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, the equally respectable councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut he is scarcely cold in his coffin before Detective Inspector Purbright, affable and annoyingly polite, must turn out again to examine the death of Carobleat's neighbour, Marcus Gwill, former prop. of the local rag, the Citizen. This time it looks like foul play, unless a surfeit of marshmallows had led the late and rather unlamented Mr Gwill to commit suicide by electrocution. ('Power without responsibility', murmurs Purbright.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow were the dead men connected, both to each other and to a small but select band of other town worthies? Purbright becomes intrigued by a stream of advertisements Gwill was putting in the Citizen, for some very oddly named antique items…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBump in the Night\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, where the good folk are outraged at having their rest disturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a drinking fountain being blown to smithereens - next the statue of a local worthy loses his head, and the following week a giant glass eye is exploded. Despite the soft-soled sleuthing of cub reporter Len Leaper, the crime spate grows alarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheer vandalism is bad enough, but when a life is lost the amiable Inspector Purbright, called in from nearby Flaxborough to assist in enquiries, finds he must delve deep into the seamier side of this quiet town's goings on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHopjoy Was Here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gripping sight of four burly policemen manhandling a bath down the front path of a respectable villa isn't one the residents of Flaxborough see every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNet curtains twitch furiously, and neighbours have observations to make to Chief Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love about the inhabitants of 14, Beatrice Avenue. Nice Gordon Periam, the mild-mannered tobacconist, and his rather less nice (in fact a bit of a bounder) lodger Brian Hopjoy had apparently shared the house amicably.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut now neither man is to be found and something very disagreeable seems to be lurking in the drains… Then a couple of government spooks turn up, one with an eye for the ladies - the drama is acquiring overtones of a Bond movie!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonelyheart 4122\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhatever can have happened to Lil?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlaxborough butcher Arthur Spain is worried that his sister-in-law hasn’t been in touch lately, so he pays her a visit. But Lil’s not at home, and by her porch door are a dozen bottles of curdling milk… Alarmed, he calls in the local police, D.I. Purbright and his ever-reliable Sergeant Sid Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt transpires Lilian Bannister is the second middle-aged woman in the town to mysteriously vanish, and the link is traced to a local lonely hearts agency called Handclasp House. So when a vulnerable-seeming lady with the charming title of Lucy Teatime signs up for a romantic rendezvous, the two detectives try extra hard to look out for her. But Miss Teatime has a few surprises of her own up her dainty sleeve!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharity Ends at Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I am in great danger … I know that murder is going to be the reward for my uncomplaining loyalty.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis letter containing heartfelt and urgent pleas for help is received by three very eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable himself. So when one of the town’s most tireless charity workers, Mrs Henrietta Palgrove, is found the wrong way up in her garden pond, a connection seems likely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet Detective Inspector Purbright finds the case does not quite add up and it takes the acute wits of his old friend, the ever-charming Miss Lucilla Teatime, as well as the more unwitting help of Mortimer Hive, indifferent private investigator and accomplished ladies’ man, to tease out the real murderer.\u003c\/p\u003e"}