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The old success
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
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243 pages ; 24 cm.
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"When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police is called in. Who could have killed this beautiful tourist, the only visible footprints nearby belonging to the two little girls who found her? While Macalvie reexamines the scene in the Scilly Islands, inspector Richard Jury-twenty miles away on Land's End-is at The Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook. Except one. In the days following the mysterious slaying of the Parisian tourist, two other murders take place: first, a man is shot at a country estate, then a holy duster turns up murdered in Exeter Cathedral. Macalvie, Jury, and Brownell set out to discover whether these three killings, though very different in execution, are connected"--

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First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
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9780802147400

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"When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police is called in. Who could have killed this beautiful tourist, the only visible footprints nearby belonging to the two little girls who found her? While Macalvie reexamines the scene in the Scilly Islands, inspector Richard Jury-twenty miles away on Land's End-is at The Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook. Except one. In the days following the mysterious slaying of the Parisian tourist, two other murders take place: first, a man is shot at a country estate, then a holy duster turns up murdered in Exeter Cathedral. Macalvie, Jury, and Brownell set out to discover whether these three killings, though very different in execution, are connected"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Grimes, M. (2019). The old success. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Grimes, Martha. 2019. The Old Success. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Grimes, Martha, The Old Success. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Grimes, Martha. The Old Success. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.

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