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Martin Edwards, E. C. R. Lorac: Murder in the Mill-Race (2019, Poisoned Pen Press)

256 pages

English language

Published June 23, 2019 by Poisoned Pen Press.

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978-1-4642-1175-1
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> Anne Ferens liked practically everything about Milham in the Moor where she and her husband, Dr. Raymond Ferens, were to live. But she loathed Monica Torrington, warden of the children's home, at first sight. Sister Monica, as she was called, was a macabre figure, her height accentuated by the ancient, black nurse's uniform she wore. She had the dark, unsmiling eves of a fanatic, and Anne was convinced that she was a wicked, wicked woman one who shouldn't have small children in her charge.

>Dr. Raymond Ferens warned Anne not to meddle. Sister Monica was considered a "saint" and she was an unholy power in the village. Still there were furtive rumours - rumours that connected her with the strange death of Nancy Hilton, one of her maids. But as the voting bailiff told Anne, "The village cherishes its own feuds and loyalties and way of life... but when …

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