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The Sleeping and the Dead

(1994)
(A book in the Roland and Mansfield series)
A novel by Ann Quinton

As the village of Saxton in Suffolk swelters in a heatwave, a series of macabre hoaxes are played on various inhabitants. The local press gives lurid coverage to the events, nicknaming the instigator "The Joker", but then one of the victims is killed.

Genre: Mystery

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