St Cedd's Church f te had been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organizing stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also had to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, the sly single mother, Sally Jupp. On the following morning Martingale and the whole village are shocked by the discovery of Sally Jupp's body.
Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village life.
- ISBN13 9780571204250
- Publish Date 20 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 November 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English