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Hailing from the world of finance, Mark Treasure finds himself embroiled in a complex investigation in a quiet West Wales sailing village near St David’s. A parrot’s accidental discovery of a body threatens to derail a corporate takeover of Rigley's Patent Football, while a second body, a fatal assault on the Fishguard Express, a skirmish at Whitland Station, and the mysterious disappearance of a battered Australian clergyman compound the mystery. Treasure’s journey through these sudden, violent events reveals a tangled web of crime, corporate intrigue, and the unresolved fate of several missing persons.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Stuart David Williams
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