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Buried in the Past
(1974)(The seventh book in the Pollard and Toye series)
A novel by Elizabeth Lemarchand
Join Pollard & Toye in another thrilling mystery! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin.
Secrets can't stay buried forever...
Everyone in Corbury is looking forward to the town's millenary celebration. Everyone, that is, except Bernard Lister.
Brought up by his aunt and uncle, Bernard never got along with his new family, and as soon as he could, he cut all ties and left Corbury for good.
He becomes an eminent historian, and he finds a vital document proving the town's celebrations are built on a lie. Thrilled to finally be able to get even with the town that ruined his childhood, he prepares to return and spoil the festivities.
But when one of the town's most esteemed residents dies, Bernard's family are thrown into a tangled web far more sinister than anyone expected ...
And when a corpse is discovered close to the homes of Bernard's estranged family members, they are all under suspicion.
Detective Superintendent Pollard and Scotland Yard's Detective Sergeant Toye are brought in to investigate, and they are hard-put to unmask the murderer from among the towns respectable, well-heeled citizens.
Everyone has their secrets, but whose drove them to murder ... ?
Buried in the Past is the seventh cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England.
'Meticulously plotted and time-tabled whodunnit, perfect for insomniacs' - Sunday Telegraph
'the mistress of misdirection' - The Telegraph
'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' - Argosy
THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIES
Book One: Death of an Old Girl
Book Two: The Affacombe Affair
Book Three: Alibi for a Corpse
Book Four: Death on Doomsday
Book Five: Cyanide With Compliments
Book Six: No Vacation From Murder
Book Seven: Buried in the Past
Book Eight: Step in the Dark
Book Nine: Unhappy Returns
Book Ten: Suddenly While Gardening
Book Eleven: Change for the Worse
Book Twelve: Nothing to Do with the Case
Book Thirteen: Troubled Waters
Book Fourteen: The Wheel Turns
Book Fifteen: Light Through Glass
Book Sixteen: Who Goes Home?
Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder
Genre: Mystery
Secrets can't stay buried forever...
Everyone in Corbury is looking forward to the town's millenary celebration. Everyone, that is, except Bernard Lister.
Brought up by his aunt and uncle, Bernard never got along with his new family, and as soon as he could, he cut all ties and left Corbury for good.
He becomes an eminent historian, and he finds a vital document proving the town's celebrations are built on a lie. Thrilled to finally be able to get even with the town that ruined his childhood, he prepares to return and spoil the festivities.
But when one of the town's most esteemed residents dies, Bernard's family are thrown into a tangled web far more sinister than anyone expected ...
And when a corpse is discovered close to the homes of Bernard's estranged family members, they are all under suspicion.
Detective Superintendent Pollard and Scotland Yard's Detective Sergeant Toye are brought in to investigate, and they are hard-put to unmask the murderer from among the towns respectable, well-heeled citizens.
Everyone has their secrets, but whose drove them to murder ... ?
Buried in the Past is the seventh cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England.
'Meticulously plotted and time-tabled whodunnit, perfect for insomniacs' - Sunday Telegraph
'the mistress of misdirection' - The Telegraph
'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' - Argosy
THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIES
Book One: Death of an Old Girl
Book Two: The Affacombe Affair
Book Three: Alibi for a Corpse
Book Four: Death on Doomsday
Book Five: Cyanide With Compliments
Book Six: No Vacation From Murder
Book Seven: Buried in the Past
Book Eight: Step in the Dark
Book Nine: Unhappy Returns
Book Ten: Suddenly While Gardening
Book Eleven: Change for the Worse
Book Twelve: Nothing to Do with the Case
Book Thirteen: Troubled Waters
Book Fourteen: The Wheel Turns
Book Fifteen: Light Through Glass
Book Sixteen: Who Goes Home?
Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder
Genre: Mystery
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