Call The Dying

Love and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard winter tightens on Lydmouth, a dead woman calls the dying in a seance behind net curtains. Two provincial newspapers are in the throes of a bitter circulation war. A lorry-driver broods, and an office boy loses his heart. Britain is basking in the warm glow of post-war tranquillity, but in the quiet town of Lydmouth, darker forces are at play. The rats are fed on bread and milk, a gentleman's yellow kid glove is mislaid on a train, and something disgusting is happening at Mr Prout's toyshop. Returning to a town shrouded in intrigue and suspicion, Jill Francis becomes acting editor of the Gazette. Meanwhile, there's no pleasure left in the life of Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill. Only a corpse, a television set and the promise of trouble to come. 436 pages ; 24 cm It is 1955 and the influx of televisions do nothing to relieve the tensions in the conservative town of Lydmouth. Mr Frederick, a television engineer, arrives to sell and adapt the new sets. He comes for two nights and leaves. Then the body of a local GP is found. Richard Thornhill is drafted in to investigate It Is 1955 And The Influx Of Televisions Do Nothing To Relieve The Tensions In The Conservative Town Of Lydmouth. Mr Frederick, A Television Engineer, Arrives To Sell And Adapt The New Sets. He Comes For Two Nights And Leaves. Then The Body Of A Local Gp Is Found. Richard Thornhill Is Drafted In To Investigate. Andrew Taylor. Journalisten Jill Francis og kriminalinspektøren Richard Thornhill mødes igen, journalisten som chefredaktør på lokalavisen i Lydmouth. En mordbrand og et overfald på en af avisens medarbejdere skal opklares