Bump in the Night av Colin Watson

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<p><strong>Tuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, where the good folk are outraged at having their rest disturbed.</strong></p><p>It begins with a drinking fountain being blown to smithereens - next the statue of a local worthy loses his head, and the following week a giant glass eye is exploded. Despite the soft-soled sleuthing of cub reporter Len Leaper, the crime spate grows alarming.</p><p>Sheer vandalism is bad enough, but when a life is lost the amiable <strong>Inspector Purbright</strong>, called in from nearby Flaxborough to assist in enquiries, finds he must delve deep into the seamier side of this quiet town''s goings on.</p><p><strong>Witty and a little wicked, Colin Watson''s tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.</strong></p><h2>What people are saying about the Flaxborough series:</h2><p>"Colin Watson wrote <strong>the best English detective stories ever</strong