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      Hopjoy Was Here

      by Colin Watson
      Published
      Jan 1962
      Main Genre
      Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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      169
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      The Flaxborough Chronicle Book 3

      About This Book

      The gripping sight of four burly policemen manhandling a bath down the front path of a respectable villa isn't one the residents of Flaxborough see every day.

      Net curtains twitch furiously, and neighbours have observations to make to Chief Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love about the inhabitants of 14, Beatrice Avenue. Nice Gordon Periam, the mild-mannered tobacconist, and his rather less nice (in fact a bit of a bounder) lodger Brian Hopjoy had apparently shared the house amicably.

      But now neither man is to be found and something very disagreeable seems to be lurking in the drains… Then a couple of government spooks turn up, one with an eye for the ladies - the drama is acquiring overtones of a Bond movie!

      Witty and a little wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

      Series Placement

      Book 3
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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Law Enforcement Mystery

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      Sep 1982 Dell ISBN13 9780440136255 ISBN10 0440136253
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      Jul 2009 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571252855 ISBN10 0571252850
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