SIGNED; The Troutbeck Testimony by Rebecca Tope (2015-1st) Lake District Mystery

The Troutbeck Testimony (The Fourth Book in the Lake District Mystery Series)   Rebecca Tope.   \nPublished by Allison and Busby, London, 2015. First Edition Stated. Signed by the Author direct to the title page, without inscription. Bound in the original publisher's hardcover boards, titled in gilt to the spine. Spine ends with minor bumping, else Vg inside and out. Jacket unclipped. \nA huge funeral for Windermere\u2019s popular resident, Barbara Dodge, is taking place and florist Persimmon \u2018Simmy\u2019 Brown and her new assistant, Bonnie Lawson are busy compiling wreaths in preparation. As people pass through the shop they begin to hear rumors about a series of sinister dog-nappings occurring in nearby Troutbeck. Up in arms over the crimes, they begin to investigate. But it isn\u2019t until Simmy and her father are taking a walk up Wansfell Pike that it becomes apparent that there is something even worse is afoot and everyone\u2019s favorite florist my