Coffin Scarcely Used
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The owner of "The Flaxborough Citizen" is found dead beneath an elecricity pylon, in his slippers, his mouth full of marshmallows. Is it accident, suicide or murder?
Colin Watson sa preslávil svojimi humornými detektívnymi románmi z fiktívneho mestečka Flaxborough, v ktorých vystupuje inšpektor Purbright. Okrem tejto série sa venoval aj štúdii detektívnych príbehov a trilerov. Jeho diela sa vyznačujú špecifickým štýlom a často skúmajú záhady s neotrelým humorom. Watson priniesol do žánru svieži pohľad a jedinečné postavy, ktoré čitateľov zaujmú.






The owner of "The Flaxborough Citizen" is found dead beneath an elecricity pylon, in his slippers, his mouth full of marshmallows. Is it accident, suicide or murder?
An elderly sex-pest is at large in DI Purbright’s home town. Leaping out from behind bushes at unsuspecting females, making lewd suggestions and, when challenged, scuttling away with odd off-balance leaps, he soon earns the nickname of the ‘Flaxborough crab’. No one can identify him, and it turns out that quite a few older gentlemen have begun exhibiting over-familiar behavior around the opposite sex. Suave Dr Meadow knows more than he is letting on, yet how can Purbright , aided once again by the fragrant but dodgy Miss Lucy Teatime, get him to talk? Events take a darker turn before the ill-assorted pair succeed in catching their crab.
Chief Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love are called in when Brian Hopjoy and his roommate disappear from their rented lodgings at 14 Beatrice Avenue. While none of the neighbors even hint at foul play, drains yield suspicious substances: blood, lye. When the spooks come to play, things heat up.
Who Put Hopjoy in the Acid Bath?