By the Pricking of My Thumbs

£150 · Offered by Goldsboro Books · No longer available

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplaceĶ When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about something behind the fireplace, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magicĶ

• Binding: Hardcover

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