One Foot in the GraveAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 24 February 2015
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CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson is back: Now-retired Scotland Yard superintendent James Pibble isnâ?Tt about to go quietly into the nightâ?"not when thereâ?Ts a murder case or two (or three) to solve At Flycatchers, a well-to-do nursing home watched over by no-nonsense nurse Jenny, one-time detective James Pibble shuttles between his nothing-to-live-for present and memories of the crimes heâ?Ts solvedâ?"or failed to. Heâ?Ts roused from his listless existence when he discovers a dead body on top of the water tower. Security guard George Tosca isnâ?Tt the only one at Flycatchers who has met his maker a bit too abruptly. There have been other suspicious deaths in the last three years, including those of military man Sir Archibald Gunter and Bertie Foster-Banks, an inveterate gambler and shareholder in the home. The arrival of a woman in black sets off a sinister chain of events, and before he knows it, Pibble is on the case. As he travels down a twisting path of blackmail and escalating violence, Pibble finds that his life is suddenly filled with purpose again. He will bring a cunning killer to justiceâ?"or die trying. But the real reason he went up to the tower on that stormy winter night is linked to a secret heâ?Tll carry to his grave. One Foot in the Grave is the 6th book in the James Pibble Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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