Available Formats
Death in Devon
By (Author) Ian Sansom
HarperCollins Publishers
Fourth Estate Ltd
22nd February 2016
12th January 2017
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
290g
CREAM TEAS! SCHOOL DINNERS! SATANIC SURFERS!
Join our heroes as they follow up a Norfolk Mystery with a bad case of DEATH IN DEVON.
Swanton Morley, the Peoples Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morleys daughter Miriam and his assistant Stephen Sefton pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera.
Morley has been invited to give the Founders Day speech at All Souls School in Rousdon. But when the trio arrive they discover that a boy has died in mysterious circumstances. Was it an accident or was it murder
Join Morley, Sefton and Miram on another adventure into the dark heart of 1930s England.
Much recommended for a frolicsome read Country Life Magazine
The magnificent Morley is very good company, and Sansom has a lovely way with a mind-bending puzzle superbly entertaining The Times
Praise for The Norfolk Mystery:
A delightful, idiosyncratic mystery Professor Morley promises to become a little gem of English crime writing; sample him now Daily Mail
A brilliant first outing that leaves you looking forward to the next maniacal mystery tour Evening Standard
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. The Sussex Murders is the fifth in his County Guide series, following The Norfolk Mystery, Death in Devon, Westmorland Alone and Essex Poison.