Fountain Inn
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What’s going on behind the doors of Fountain Inn?
When her employer suddenly disappears, young Grace Kirkstall finds herself accepting a new job at a new company in the same building – an oasis of tranquillity off the streets of London.
Ben and Helen Brown’s startup company’s pitch is that, for a small consideration, they will help people out of their major and minor fixes. Their first big commission initiates Ben into the gentle art of house-breaking, and Helen into the mysteries of the Society for Progressive Rehabilitation…
But for Grace, it will plunge her into more danger than she could ever have imagined.
This leisurely, beautifully observed thriller marked Victor Canning’s entrée into crime fiction, and rewards with a thrilling finale - sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781788421799
- Published
- 12 December 2019
- Pages
- 304
- Duration
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 mm
- Genre
- Social Comedy
- Imprint
- Farrago
Reviews
Praise for Victor Canning:
‘Quite delightful … with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour that cannot fail to charm’
‘There is such a gentle humour in the book’
‘What counts for most in the story … is his mounting pleasure in vagabondage and the English scene’
‘A paean to the beauties of the English countryside and the lovable oddities of the English character’
‘His delight at the beauties of the countryside and his mild astonishment at the strange ways of men are infectious’
‘A swift-moving novel, joyous, happy and incurably optimistic’
‘His gift of story-telling is obviously innate. Rarely does one come on so satisfying an amalgam of plot, characterisation and good writing’
