- Fiction, Barbara Havers (Fictitious character), Police, Thomas Lynley (Fictitious character)
A baby's cry echoes on lonely nights through Keldale Valley in Yorkshire. Three hundred years ago, when Cromwell's raiders swept through a village in this valley, not a living creature was to be found on its fog-shrouded streets.
FictionBarbara Havers (Fictitious character)PoliceThomas Lynley (Fictitious character)Detective and mystery storiesFiction in SpanishSuspenseMystery and detective storiesLarge type booksFiction, mystery & detective, traditionalLynley, thomas (fictitious character), fictionHavers, barbara (fictitious character), fiction
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth George
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Bantam, Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books, Debolsillo
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781410412232
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Barbara Havers (Fictitious character)
- Police
- Thomas Lynley (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fiction in Spanish
- Suspense
- Mystery and detective stories
- Large type books
- Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- Lynley, thomas (fictitious character), fiction
- Havers, barbara (fictitious character), fiction
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