No Birds Sang - Hilton, John Buxton

No Birds Sang by Hilton, John Buxton

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Published by St. Martin's Press, 1976

A soldier is killed while trying to save a civilian who had no reason to be wandering around an army live-fire range. The man is detained and threatened by local police, who are understandably furious. By chance, Chief Superintendent Kenworthy arrives on the scene. He’s on holiday with his brother-in-law, also a senior officer and in charge of the district. At first reluctant to get involved, Kenworthy becomes increasingly baffled and intrigued by the long history of events that begins to unravel. Why would an upstanding citizen with an impeccable record risk his life under a hail of live ammunition? Why can’t he stay away from this forbidden, abandoned village? An extraordinary incident from the Second World War comes to light: a man’s fleeting glimpse of a beautiful young woman in a setting haunted by inexplicable activity, his pilgrimage to find her, and his entanglement in a strange rural mystery that leads inexorably to murder. The pleasure of watching Kenworthy’s devious methods unfold is as great as it was in John Buxton Hilton’s earlier novel, Hangman's Tide. This is a whodunit rich in character and atmosphere, with strong echoes of the past, scenes of pure excitement, and a shattering conclusion.

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