Unhappy Returns Hardcover – January 1, 1978 by Elizabeth Lemarchand
Book 9 of 17: Pollard & Toye Investigations
 
The peaceful village of Ambercombe is the scene of the outrageous murder of Ethel Ridd, an eccentric and lonely spinster, devoted housekeeper to the late vicar. A scandal concerning a missing medieval chalice complicates the investigations, and Detective Superintendent Tom Pollard of Scotland Yard is called in. The mystery and the menace increase as pollard and his assistant, Detective Inspector Toye, pursue a tantalising array of clues and false trails before the case reaches its dramatic conclusion.
 
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