The Litmore Snatch (Murder Room #675)
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- Synopsis
- Harborough is a large seaside town on the north-east coast of England, whose local paper, the Harborough Post, mounts a campaign against the city's funfairs. Soon the proprietor of the newspaper, Herbert Litmore, gets two anonymous threatening letters, which he takes to the Chief Constable. Then Litmore's ten-year-old son, Ben, is kidnapped on his way home from the city Youth Club.Another letter to Litmore follows, demanding a £10,000 ransom . . .A search is begun to locate Litmore's mysterious enemy, and the police investigation starts to unravel a web of greed, jealousy, adultery and blackmail that has formed beneath Harborough's quiet surface.
- Copyright:
- 1957
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781471918551
- Publisher:
- Orion
- Date of Addition:
- 06/28/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Henry Aubrey-Fletcher
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.