28 records matched your query       

Author:

Duncan, Francis, 1918-1988, author.

Title:

Murder has a motive / Francis Duncan.

Publisher:

Sourcebooks Landmark,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

378 pages ; 18 cm

Subject:

Tremaine, Mordecai--(Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Actors--Crimes against--Fiction.
Amateur theater--Fiction.
Serial murder investigation--Fiction.
Small cities--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Notes:

"Originally published in 1947 in the United Kingdom by John Long. This edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Vintage Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"When Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station in the village of Dalmering, murder is the last thing on his mind. But he has never been able to resist anything in the way of a mysteryand a mystery is precisely what awaits him in the small hamlet. Rehearsals for the local amateur dramatic production are in full swing, but as Mordecai discovers too soon, the real tragedy is unfolding offstage. The star of the show has been found dead, and the spotlight falls on Mordecai, whose reputation in the field of crime-solving precedes him. With a murderer waiting in the wings, it's up to Mordecai to derail the killer's performance...before it's curtains for another victim."-- cover page 4.

Series:

Mordecai Tremaine mystery

ISBN:

1492651737
9781492651734

OCLC:

(OCoLC)994287482

LCCN:

2017023611

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)