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      The Knocker on Death's Door

      by Ellis Peters
      Published
      Jun 1971
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      202
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      An Inspector George Felse Mystery Book 10

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      The knocker hung on a very special door -- oak, heavy, with a late-Gothic arch, and apparently a late-Gothic curse. Then the door was moved from an old house, once an abbey, to the village church. Legend held that sinners who seized the knocker had their hands burned by the cold iron. But Gerry Bracewell didn't die of burns, neither did a second victim. Had they knocked on death's door, or was a more down-to-earth killer at large?

      Detective Chief Inspector George Felse, returning from a weekend in Wales, had passed through the village of Mottisham and watched the ceremony enacted to re-dedicate the door. Little did he know that soon he would be called back to investigate murder...

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      Book 10
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      Suspense

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      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      Mar 1995 Mysterious Press ISBN13 9780446400169 ISBN10 0446400165
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      Jun 1971 William Morrow ISBN13 9780688019488 ISBN10 068801948X
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