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020			_a9781782641339
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a813.6 STA
100			_aStarr, Mel _eAuthor
245			_aAshes to ashes / _cMel Starr.
300			_a224 pages ; _c20cm.
520			_aMaster Hugh, Kate and their children attend the Midsummer's Eve fire. Early next morning, Hugh hears the passing bell ring from the Church of St. Beornwald, and moments later is summoned. Tenants collecting the ashes to spread upon their fields have found burned bones. Master Hugh learns of several men of Bampton and nearby villages who have gone missing recently. Most are soon found, some alive, some dead. Master Hugh eventually learns that the bones are those of a bailiff from a nearby manor. Someone has slain him and placed his body in the fire to destroy evidence of murder. Bailiffs are not popular men; they dictate labour service, collect rents and enforce other obligations. Has this bailiff died at the hand of an angry tenant?
650			_aEnglish fiction
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