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Spotted hemlockGladys Mitchell

Spotted hemlock

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When two male students execute a rag against the nearby Calladale women's agricultural college--a prank involving rhubarb and dead rats--the ladies decide to give the men back some of their own. They collect the litter and sneak it over to a pub which happens to be a favorite with the men. Their plans of storing the collection are not successful, however, as the ornamental horse carriage beside the pub where they were going to store the contents is already occupied--with the unrecognizable body of a woman clothed in a Calladale blazer. ​Inquiries at the college reveal that one student, Norah…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1986
    Paperjacks · 240 pages · 9780770104832
  • Other · English · 2014
    Penguin Random House · 256 pages · 9781448190485
  • Other · English · 2014
    239 pages · 9780099584049
  • Other · English · 1985
    St. Martin's Press · 239 pages · 9780312753504
Women detectivesFictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, crimeEngland, fictionLondon (england), fiction