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The Seafront Corpse

(2015)
(The first book in the Inspector Chance Mystery series)
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Set in 1931, newly promoted Inspector Eddie Chance is back in his home town. Reunited with his old pal Sergeant Bishop in the sleepy Sussex town of Tennysham-on-Sea. The only cloud on their horizon is a young police-woman with ambitions to be a detective.

The seaside resort is getting ready for the first day trippers of the season. When the body of a stranger is found on the promenade, Inspector Chance is faced with a baffling murder...

A traditional 1930s murder mystery set in a vanished England of typewriters, telephone boxes and tweeds.

What Readers are saying about Inspector Eddie Chance...

"An excellent depiction of good old fashioned detective work."

"An enjoyable trip down memory lane, authentically written."

"Excellent period detective piece. Couldn't put it down."

"The mystery was good, the characters were GREAT!!"


Genre: Mystery

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