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Peters, Ellis

The Knocker on Death's Door

Macdonald, 1989

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Year of publication
1989
ISBN
0356175928
Place of printing
London
Author
Peters, Ellis
Publishers
Macdonald
Keyword
MYSTERY FICTION GEORGE FELSE
Cover description
Fine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

"The knocker hung on a very special door -- oak, heavy, with a late-Gothic arch, and apparently a late-Gothic curse. Then the door was moved from an old house, once an abbey, to the village church. Legend held that sinners who seized the knocker had their hands burned by the cold iron. But Gerry Bracewell didn't die of burns, neither did a second victim. Had they knocked on death's door, or was a more down-to-earth killer at large? Detective Chief Inspector George Felse, returning from a weekend in Wales, had passed through the village of Mottisham and watched the ceremony enacted to re-dedicate the door. Little did he know that soon he would be called back to investigate a murder

Edizione: re-issue