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      The Man With a Load of Mischief

      by Martha Grimes
      Published
      Aug 1981
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      320
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      A Richard Jury Novel Book 1

      About This Book

      Long Piddleton had always been wary of newcomers. But the quiet town was stunned when the first stranger was found dead, upended in a butt of ale in the cellar of the Men with a Load of Mischief. Then the second body appeared, swinging in place of the mechanical man above the door of the Jack and Hammer.
      Suddenly Lond Piddleton had good reason to be wary of everyone! Its cozy pubs and inns with their polished pewter and blazing hearths had become scenes of the most bizarre crimes. Who were the victims? And who was the murderer? A stranger? A maniac? Or the disarmingly friendly man next door?

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      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      Dec 1990 Onyx ISBN13 9780440153276 ISBN10 0440153271
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      First Edition Aug 1981 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316328807 ISBN10 0316328804
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      Apr 2013 Scribner ISBN13 9781476732947 ISBN10 1476732949
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      Aug 2018 Grove Press UK ISBN13 9781611859188 ISBN10 1611859182
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      Mar 1992 Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN13 9780671759605 ISBN10 0671759604
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      Mar 2013 Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN10 B00BUUY7IU
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      Jan 1981 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780896215146 ISBN10 0896215148
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