A High Mortality of Doves
1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity.Myrtle Bligh is found stabbed and left in...
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1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity.Myrtle Bligh is found stabbed and left in woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove, a bird of peace. During the war
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780349413082 (0349413088)
Publisher: Piatkus
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
‘Edith stayed with us for nine years then in 1915 she left us to do her bit for the war effort in a factory in nearby New Mills. I could tell Father missed her terribly but she can’t have felt the same because she never returned to us after peace was declared.’ The Derbyshire village of Wenfield ...