Colin Watson — Plaster Sinners & "Whatever&Apos;S Been Going on at Mumblesby?

London, Eyre Methuen, 1980-1982. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first editions from British detective fiction writer John Colin Watson. Two volumes. First edition. The eleventh and twelfth of the Flaxborough novels. Written by John Colin Watson, a British writer of detective fiction and the creator of characters such as Inspector Purbright and Lucilla Teatime. This set contains: Plaster Sinners, 1980. The appreciation of antique objects and art was not Detective Love's forte, and yet it was his critical appraisal for lot 34 at Flaxborough auction that set the violent events of the day in motion. "Whatever's Been Going on at Mumblesby?", 1982. It seemed that nothing untoward had been going on in the tiny village of Mumblesby, but the circumstances surrounding the death of "Rich Dick" Loughbury were taxing Detective Purbright's brain. There was nothing he could put his finger on, that was, until the day of the funeral. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.