Hopjoy was here

by Colin Watson

Book Overview

The gripping sight of four burly policemen manhandling a bath down the front path of a respectable villa isn't one the residents of Flaxborough see every day.Net curtains twitch furiously, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007E83W6
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Walker
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a classic whodunit...

Something must have happened at number 14 Beatrice Avenue. Four policemen were maneuvering a bathtub out the front door and Detective Inspector Purbright was fishing about in the pipes. But was this a question of murder? An anonymous letter from a back-bedroom vigilante had darkly hinted at foul deeds in that quiet house. Both the owner, Gordon Periam, and his boarder, Brian Hopjoy, were missing. Inspector Purbright had found no corpus delicti...just a suspicious spill of acid and a nasty notion. Had a very clever killer poured his victim down the drain?

Brilliant intriguing and humorous mystery

The many twists in the plot mix with brilliantly drawn characters and understated and iconoclastic English humour. Watson takes you into an eccentric world and plot yet is always convincing, readable and entertaining. This is an outstanding book which deserves to be republished.