THE ATTENDING TRUTH

&ldquo,It&rsquo,s murder all right, no one could bash his own head in the way this chap&rsquo,s was.&rdquo, The stranger&rsquo,s body was discovered by businesswoman Mrs Holcombe, the unofficial queen of Pending Dale. As if there wasn&rsquo,t enough gossip rife in the village, now the Queen may be under suspicion of murder. Talk is cheap, but reputations are valuable &ndash, but were they worth buying silence at the cost of a man&rsquo,s life? When Bobby Owen of the Yard arrives in Pending Dale to investigate, amid a panoply of local characters and red herrings he discovers a compelling and unpredictable motive. A reason why the unassuming and anonymous commercial traveller had to die &hellip, The Attending Truth is the thirtieth novel in the Bobby Owen Mystery series, originally published in 1952. This new edition features a bonus Bobby Owen short story, and an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. &ldquo,What is distinction? &hellip, in the works of Mr. E.R. Punshon we salute it every time.&rdquo,--Dorothy L. Sayers_,