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The Tormentors

(1962)
(A book in the Thomas Littlejohn series)
A novel by

 
 
Tensions run high on the Isle of Man when a man is found violently stabbed and his powerful family accuse a young boy of his murder.

The boy maintains his innocence, but the victim's influential family are calling for justice. With the police unable to contain the conflict, Littlejohn is called to investigate.

The case leads Littlejohn to the Bishop's Arms, the island's most notorious pub, and the dubious characters who frequent it. Will Littlejohn find the clue among these shady figures before a possibly innocent boy is sent to jail?

Will Littlejohn find a clue amongst these shady figures before a potentially innocent boy is sent to jail - or were the fingers pointing in the right direction all along?

The Tormentors is the nineteenth title in Agora's Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries.

Reviews

'One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story' - The New York Times

'Mr Bellairs always gives good value' - The Sunday Times

'Pure British detective story' - The New York Times



Genre: Cozy Mystery

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