240 pages
English language
Published Feb. 16, 1951 by Dood, Mead.
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The political, moral and environmental aspects of the discovery of oil in rural England provide a surprisingly modern start to this story, set in the early 1950s. A violent death occurs, the rest of the family behave stupidly, suspicion flies in all directions and Inspector French painstakingly, and at length, untangles the problem.
Subjects
- French, Joseph (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction.