Death Behind the Headlines

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It's February 1986 and freelance photojournalist Margery Moore lives in the shadow of the mysterious and legendary Glebe Mound, by the ruins of the old priory in Great Havell.

A stroppy detective from Scotland Yard is enlisted by the mayor to assist the local police to probe two sudden deaths. Are the two people victims of the supernatural, ancient "curse of the mound"?  

Are the stories behind the local newspaper's headlines able to offer a satisfactory explanation? Do the two coroner's inquests throw light on everything? Or does DI Barker's cynical attitude towards the provinces ultimately solve the case? 

Death Behind the Headlines, by Jean Critchley, published by Austin Macauley      

ISBN No: 9781528999694

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