The Man with a Load of Mischief

About this book

At the Man with a Load of Mischief they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer another body was stuck out on the beam of the pubs sign replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors hearts