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Inspector Alleyn of New Scotland Yard is called to the village of Swevenings by his old family friend, Lady Lacklander. Colonel Cartarette's body lies sprawled beside the river Chyne; beside him is the giant trout he has been trying to catch for years. It will take some careful fishing to catch the killer.
A good series - I like Marsh's murder mysteries better than Agatha Christie's. (

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Roderick Alleyn (18)

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Scales of Justice

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Swevenings, England, UK

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Nurse Kettle pushed her bicycle to the top of Watt's Hill and there paused.

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A country Eden blooms with murder

Swevenings village is pretty as a picture, but its secrets are ugly; and its gentry dread the publication of Sir Harold Lacklander's memoirs. When one of them is murdered, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's investigation takes him through petty vendettas, an ex-commander's blend of whiskey and archery, and cocktails on the lawn with a femme fatale. But the motive he's angling for lies even deeper than the trout stream beneath the rustic bridge...

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