A high mortality of doves /
Ellis, Kate, 1953-
A high mortality of doves / Kate Ellis. - 384 pages ; 24 cm. - Albert Lincoln ; book 1. . - Ellis, Kate, 1953- author. Albert Lincoln ; book 1. .
1919: The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four years of war. Just when the village has begun to regain its tranquillity, a young woman, Myrtle Bligh, is found stabbed and left in a woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove - a bird of peace. When two more women are found murdered in identical circumstances, Wenfield is thrown into a panic. With rumours of a ghostly soldier with a painted face being spotted near the scene of the murders, Inspector Albert Lincoln is sent up from London to crack the terrible case - but with the killer still on the loose, who will be next to die at the hands of this vicious angel of death?
9781444839586 1444839586
Women--Crimes against--Fiction.
Lincoln, Albert (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Serial murderers--Fiction.
Derbyshire (England)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
A high mortality of doves / Kate Ellis. - 384 pages ; 24 cm. - Albert Lincoln ; book 1. . - Ellis, Kate, 1953- author. Albert Lincoln ; book 1. .
1919: The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four years of war. Just when the village has begun to regain its tranquillity, a young woman, Myrtle Bligh, is found stabbed and left in a woodland, her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove - a bird of peace. When two more women are found murdered in identical circumstances, Wenfield is thrown into a panic. With rumours of a ghostly soldier with a painted face being spotted near the scene of the murders, Inspector Albert Lincoln is sent up from London to crack the terrible case - but with the killer still on the loose, who will be next to die at the hands of this vicious angel of death?
9781444839586 1444839586
Women--Crimes against--Fiction.
Lincoln, Albert (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Serial murderers--Fiction.
Derbyshire (England)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.