{"product_id":"and-a-bottle-of-rum-paperback","title":"And a Bottle of Rum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Graeme\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStretched across the road was the body of a policeman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the way home one evening in the Romney Marsh, Bookseller Theodore Terhune and friend Julia are caught in heavy coastal fog. A passing lorry provides some guidance on the narrow country roads, but the night ends with intentional mishap and a dead body. It becomes clear that the constable's death was not accidental, but what possessed Tom Kitchen to try to stop a lorry singlehandedly at 1am? His widow is frightened; local farms vandalized; his home ransacked. Suspicion centres around the \u003cem\u003eLoad of Hay\u003c\/em\u003e, an ancient Dickensian pub full of unsavoury characters, and Terhune finds the clues may lay in the history of 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century smuggling in the Romney Marsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRUCE GRAEME (1900-1982) was a pseudonym of Graham Montague Jeffries, an author of more than 100 crime novels and a founding member of the Crime Writer's Association. He created six series sleuths, including bookseller and accidental detective Theodore Terhune, whose adventures--\u003cem\u003eSeven \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eClues in Search of a Crime (1941)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eHouse with Crooked Walls (1942)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA Case for \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSolomon (1943)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWork for the Hangman (1944)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTen Trails to Tyburn (1944)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA Case of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooks (1946)\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eAnd a Bottle of Rum (1949)\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e-- \u003c\/em\u003eare republished by Moonstone Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549752848691,"sku":"9781899000388","price":30.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NGdkb3ZlQmRSV3VDQ3VwWmxOZ0wyZz09.webp?v=1761055136","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/and-a-bottle-of-rum-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}