Fire in the Thatch, E.C.R. Lorac
Fire in the Thatch, E.C.R. Lorac
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Fire in the Thatch

Author: E.C.R. Lorac

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 06/01/2018


Synopsis

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. Hard work and rural peace seem to make this a happy bachelor life. On a nearby farm lives the bored, flirtatious June St Cyres, an exile from London while her husband is a Japanese POW. June’s presence attracts fashionable visitors of dubious character, and threatens to spoil Vaughan’s prized seclusion. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan’s work goes up in smoke and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.

Reviews

Such a great buddy read with Jess! We both raced to the finish because we couldn’t wait to find out what happened. I have a soft spot in my heart for Crook o’Lune since it was my first Macdonald mystery but this is a contender for my favorite. The mystery is rather ingenious and Macdonald’s approach......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne

Unfortunately, I had confused E.C.R. Lorac with Freeman Wills Crofts, whose Mystery in the Channel and its two-dimensional Inspector French put me off reading any other novels by him. How I regret that! But I have set things right with Fire in the Thatch. In this 26th novel in this series, set in 19......more