The Affacombe Affair

By Elizabeth Lemarchand

Cosy crime writing at its best Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin.

Who in the village has a motive for murder...?

1966, Rural England

When a body washes up at the banks of the river in Affacombe village, the residents are thrown into disarray.

It turns out to be the quiet and solitary matron at the local school: Sister Roach.

But when the police start to investigate it appears Roach's unassuming demeanour hid a much darker secret...

With rumours of blackmail and clandestine affairs, it becomes clear that more than one person may have wanted Roach dead.

Chief Detective Inspector Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye are called in from Scotland Yard to crack the case.

Who was Roach blackmailing? And why?

And what hidden affairs drove someone to murder...?

The Affacombe Affair is the second cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England.

'Absolutely fair and enjoyable whodunnit' - Sunday Telegraph

'A superbly told tale of blackmail and terror' - Manchester Evening News

'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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191278629X
• ISBN13: 9781912786299
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"