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Informationen zum Autor Ian Sansom is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. He is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a former Writer-in-Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and he writes for The Guardian and The London Review of Books. Klappentext Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley's guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England: quaint villages, eccentric locals?and murder ... It is 1937, and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where "intelligence is essential," he eagerly applies. Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley, an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England, with a guide to every county. They start in Norfolk, but when the vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church's bell rope, Morley and Sefton find themselves drawn into a rather more fiendish plot. Did the reverend really take his own life, or is there something darker afoot? A must-read for fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Charles Todd, this novel includes plenty of murder, mystery, and mayhem to confound. Zusammenfassung Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley's guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England: quaint villages! eccentric locals—and murder … It is 1937! and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where "intelligence is essential!" he eagerly applies. Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley! an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England! with a guide to every county. They start in Norfolk! but when the vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church's bell rope! Morley and Sefton find themselves drawn into a rather more fiendish plot. Did the reverend really take his own life! or is there something darker afoot? A must-read for fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! Agatha Christie! and Charles Todd! this novel includes plenty of murder! mystery! and mayhem to confound. ...
