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The Skeleton in the Grass
The Skeleton in the Grass
Author: Robert Barnard
The world at large may be sliding into the abyss of disaster, but life at Hallam, country seat of the glamorous and renowned Hallam family, still represents the ultimate in British civilization. Teatime, with its cucumber sandwiches and cream cakes, continues as it has for a hundred years. — It's not that the Hallam family ignores the world o...  more »
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ISBN: 306939
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 199
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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Class British mystery.
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Robert Barnard is a contemporary writer, but this story about nasty pranks and murder in the "peaceful" English countryside is set in 1936 just prior to WWII. Robert Barnard is the undisputed King of the humorous mystery and despite the way it sounds this one is no exception.
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Another well-done unique mystery from Barnard.


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