Hatful of Hollow (Harry Defriend book 1)

1956. With a war for the Suez Canal looming, there is also talk of another invasion. A hotel is planning to be built in the peaceful village of Banbury Mead. But this hotel will be filled with refugees from Egypt. The locals are up in arms, especially as the location for the hotel is a place called Hex Hollow. This strange marshland is believed to have been where a witch was drowned. And there are other deaths linked to the hollow.Hiding in the shadows is The Warren Corporation. This government backed scheme seems to have eyes and ears everywhere, and is intent on building the hotel no matter what.When another resident is killed, the local village spinster Miss Agnes Bonham calls upon her surrogate grandson, Harry Defriend, to help solve the case. They keep hearing stories of a witch, and something strange happening in the fields. As both the Suez crisis and the referendum to save Hex Hollow gets close, Miss Bonham and Harry must decide who is killing the people in the village. For Harry, he has to face the question on whether the supernatural is real, or there is a real person hiding behind a mask.Here is the first book of Miss Bonham and Harry Defriend, the quintessential amateur sleuth and English spy. They live in the fictional world of Miss Marple and James Bond, but they face real danger from the supernatural.

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