Hangman's Tide
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor chipping and rubbing along edges and corners; some tears. Pages: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm.
A tense British police procedural, Hangman's Tide is one of John Buxton Hilton's celebrated Inspector Thomas Brunt mysteries set in the rugged moorland villages of late Victorian Derbyshire. When a body is discovered under circumstances that point unmistakably to murder, the laconic and perceptive Inspector Brunt is drawn into a web of rural secrets, old grudges, and desperate motives. Hilton masterfully chronicles the rhythms of isolated community life while steadily tightening the suspense, delivering a richly atmospheric mystery that rewards patient readers. The novel presents a vivid portrait of English provincial society where respectability masks deep-seated resentment, and justice is never a simple matter.
Author: John Buxton Hilton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Macmillan
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor chipping and rubbing along edges and corners; some tears. Pages: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm.
A tense British police procedural, Hangman's Tide is one of John Buxton Hilton's celebrated Inspector Thomas Brunt mysteries set in the rugged moorland villages of late Victorian Derbyshire. When a body is discovered under circumstances that point unmistakably to murder, the laconic and perceptive Inspector Brunt is drawn into a web of rural secrets, old grudges, and desperate motives. Hilton masterfully chronicles the rhythms of isolated community life while steadily tightening the suspense, delivering a richly atmospheric mystery that rewards patient readers. The novel presents a vivid portrait of English provincial society where respectability masks deep-seated resentment, and justice is never a simple matter.