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  • Bump in the Night

  • A Flaxborough Mystery, Book 2
  • By: Colin Watson
  • Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
  • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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Summary

Tuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, where the good folk are outraged at having their rest disturbed.  

It begins with a drinking fountain being blown to smithereens - next the statue of a local worthy loses his head, and the following week a giant glass eye is exploded. Despite the soft-soled sleuthing of cub reporter Len Leaper, the crime spate grows alarming.  

Sheer vandalism is bad enough, but when a life is lost, the amiable Inspector Purbright, called in from nearby Flaxborough to assist in enquiries, finds he must delve deep into the seamier side of this quiet town's goings-on. Witty and a little wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.
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At last Colin Watson available on Audible

Humorous, cozy crime fiction, well narrated. Although written in 1960s I thought this stood up well.
It’s not a right on police procedural but a good old fashioned detective story .

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