Thomas Potts mysteries
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Thomas Potts mysteries volume 4
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A raving, bedraggled girl is found sheltering in a barn near the Parish of Tardebigge in Worcestershire. Then the decomposing body of a small boy is unearthed by poachers in a nearby wood. Constable Thomas Potts is called upon to investigate both cases which appear to be connected to a wagonload of children known to have been abducted from the Poorhouse. Meanwhile, Thomas' engagement to buxom barmaid Amy Danks is threatened by his widowed mother's...
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Matrimony. An Officer of the Honourable East India Company is greatly desirous of finding a soul-mate to share his life and fortune .Lonely spinster Phoebe Creswell responds to an advertisement in the Worcester Herald, but are the outwardly charming Major Christophe de Langlois and his companion, the Reverend Geraint Winward, really who and what they seem? Distracted by his own new bride and a spate of dog thefts, will Constable Thomas Potts be able...
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An intriguing 19th Century historical mystery. July, 1829. When a female corpse, dressed in male clothing, is discovered lying in a haystack in the Worcestershire countryside, rumor and superstition abound. For the sighting of a man in white robes fleeing from the scene leads to suspicion that the "Devil's Monk" is responsible for the crime. According to local legend, this vengeful apparition appears at intervals to molest and kill. Constable Thomas...