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Whither Do You Wander? by
Jerrard Tickell
Young Richard Thorpe is returning from school to home to Charters in the Somerset village of Somerford St. Hugh - hardly a place for far-flung adventure.
But he is excited nonetheless to be reunited with his dear sister Amaryllis, his bank-manager father Matthew and their horse Banshee.
Life has not always been kind to the Thorpes, but surely nothing can hurt them in peaceful Somerset...
The town remains just as Richard remembered it.
With the exception of some unfamiliar faces...
The landlord of the pub, Len and his peevish and scheming wife Gwen, are new in town and causing the most drama, so far only having made the acquaintance of travelling brush salesman, Norman Coburg.
That is until tragedy strikes the Thorpe family once again when Richard vanishes without a trace.
Piers Linley, Fleet Street reporter with a conscience, is first on the scene.
First published 1959 by Hodder and Stoughton.
Jerrard Tickell's books, a number of which have been made into successful movies, include Moon Squadron, Island Rescue, and Hussar Honeymoon .
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