The second of the County Guides:
Cream teas, school dinners and satanic surfers!
When Swanton Morley is invited to give a speech at Rousdon school, he, his daughter and his assistant pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera. But when the trio arrive they discover that a boy has died in mysterious circumstances …
Join Morley, Sefton and Miriam on another adventure into the dark heart of 1930s England, as they follow up a Norfolk mystery with a bad case of … death in Devon.
The third of the County Guides:
Great lakes, dead poets and a mysterious crime!
Swanton Morley sets off to continue his history of England, accompanied by his daughter and assistant. But when the gang are stranded in Appleby after a tragic rail crash, they find themselves drawn into a wild world of country fairs, gypsy lore and wrestling. And then a woman’s corpse is discovered at an archaeological dig …
Catch up with Morley, Miriam and Sefton as they journey along the Great North Road and the Settle–Carlisle Line into the dark heart of 1930s England.
About the Author
Ian Sansom is the author of Paper: An Elegy and the Mobile Library Mystery series of novels. He is also a frequent contributor to the Guardian and the London Review of Books, and a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. Essex Poison is the fourth in the County Guides series, following The Norfolk Mystery, Death in Devon and Westmorland Alone.
Also by Ian Sansom
Westmorland Alone
Death in Devon
The Norfolk Mystery
Paper: An Elegy
The Truth About Babies
Ring Road
The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books
The Mobile Library: Mr Dixon Disappears
The Mobile Library: The Delegates’ Choice
The Mobile Library: The Bad Book Affair
The Enthusiast Almanack
The Enthusiast Field Guide to Poetry
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