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The Night They Killed Joss Varran

(1970)
(A book in the Thomas Littlejohn series)
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The murder of a criminal on the very night he is released from prison brings Littlejohn to the silent marshes of the Isle of Man in a case that baffles the locals...

The silent marshes of the Isle of Man are violently disturbed when the body of Joss Varran is discovered, hidden in a ditch opposite the cottage where he lived with his sister.

Varran, a recent release from a London prison, was already on Littlejohn's radar, so he quickly involves himself in the case.

As Littlejohn digs into Varran's past, it becomes clear that he was a hunted man. But which side of the law was he truly on?

The Night They Killed Joss Varran is the twenty-fifth title in Agora's Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries.

Reviews

'One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story' - The New York Times

'Mr Bellairs always gives good value' - The Sunday Times

'Pure British detective story' - The New York Times

'You are in for a real treat' - Amazon Review

'Once you start you don't want to put the book down.' - Amazon Review

'Excellent storytelling from George Bellairs' - Amazon Review


Genre: Cozy Mystery

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