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      Lambs to the Slaughter

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      Tensions are running high in the small mining village of Bellingsworth. There has been a call for further strikes, and retired miner Len Hopkins, who was known to be against a new strike, is murdered. Detective Inspector Monika Paniatowski learns that Len had been threaten...

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      Product ID:9781847514424
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:A DCI Monika Paniatowski Mystery
      Title:Lambs to the Slaughter
      Authors:Author: Sally Spencer
      Page Count:208
      Subjects:Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Yorkshire, c 1970 to c 1980
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      Tensions are running high in the small mining village of Bellingsworth. There has been a call for further strikes, and retired miner Len Hopkins, who was known to be against a new strike, is murdered. Detective Inspector Monika Paniatowski learns that Len had been threatened the night before he died by another old miner. Was he killed due to the stand he took against further strikes? Or are there more sinister forces at work? Paniatowski investigates, but finds that she has problems much closer to home . . .

      Feelings are running high in the small mining village of Bellingsworth. There has been a call for further strikes from some of the miners which has caused deep divisions amongst the close-knit community. But things take a macabre turn for the worse when retired miner Len Hopkins, who was known to be against a new strike, is found murdered in his home.

      Detective Inspector Monika Paniatowski quickly learns that Len had been threatened the night before he died by another old miner in front of numerous witnesses at the local Miners'' Institute. Could he have been killed simply due to the stand he took against further strikes? Or are there more sinister forces at work?

      As Paniatowski and her team try to uncover the truth, Monika soon finds that she has problems that lie much closer to home .


      Imprint Name:Severn House
      Publisher Name:Canongate Books
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2013-02-28

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      Weight286 g
      Dimensions217 × 140 × 17 mm