Carole Matthews is one of the bestselling women's fiction writers around. Crime & Mystery
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It is 1826, and in the town of Redditch in Worcestershire, Thomas Potts, reluctant Parish Constable, battles single-handedly to keep the peace and control crime. With the notorious Needle Pointers up in arms at the news of a cut in their rate of pay, and a mysterious criminal gang, known as the Rippling Boys, robbing, murdering and body-snatching with impunity, gentle, timid Tom has his work cut out. At the same time he deals with the daily, unreasonable demands of his shrewish, bedridden mother and seeks out every possible opportunity for courting the pretty Amy Danks. Unpaid, overworked and derided by the townspeople, Tom must now risk his life to bring the Rippling Boys to justice . . .Related Items
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