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(3.63) | 1 | Tim appears to have had an exciting war, but is fairly secretive about what he had been up to. He lives in a sleepy village with his mother Liz, who is concerned about him not least because he is equally unforthcoming about the job he has in London. Meanwhile, the local choir rehearses, but there are sinister undercurrents and not all of its seemingly respectable members may be have been entirely honest about their past. Then a house in the village explodes, killing the occupant with whom Tim had previously quarrelled. The police immediately latch onto the fact that Tim worked with explosives during the war. Moreover, he could possibly be a suspect in respect of a series of country house burglaries. With the finger pointing at him, should Tim explain, investigate, or solve the mysteries? The final twist, as always, remains with Gilbert until the reader stumbles across it.… (more) |
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Information from the Finnish Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language. ARMADO:
Jo uljas soturi on kuollut, mätä, siis rauha, ystävät, tuon vainaan luille, hän oli mies vain hengittäessään. — Punoa juonta, siinä taaskin työni. | |
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Information from the Finnish Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language. "Kristus", sanoi rouva Artside kuorolaisille. | |
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Published in England under the title Sky High and in the USA as The Country-House Burglar. | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Tim appears to have had an exciting war, but is fairly secretive about what he had been up to. He lives in a sleepy village with his mother Liz, who is concerned about him not least because he is equally unforthcoming about the job he has in London. Meanwhile, the local choir rehearses, but there are sinister undercurrents and not all of its seemingly respectable members may be have been entirely honest about their past. Then a house in the village explodes, killing the occupant with whom Tim had previously quarrelled. The police immediately latch onto the fact that Tim worked with explosives during the war. Moreover, he could possibly be a suspect in respect of a series of country house burglaries. With the finger pointing at him, should Tim explain, investigate, or solve the mysteries? The final twist, as always, remains with Gilbert until the reader stumbles across it. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Liz Artside can't help but worry about her son Tim. He won't tell her about his job in London, and after an exciting wartime career, he seems unable to settle down. Then a man in their village, with whom Tim had quarreled, is killed when his house explodes. The police know that Tim worked in high explosives during the war. Liz also can't forget that her husband was killed in an explosion shortly after World War I. When one of their friends, who is involved with the police force, talks about the plague of country house burglaries, Liz is afraid that Tim will be a suspect. | |
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