When Sergeant Bragg is violently knifed

by a burglar and the wound becomes

infected, his doctor recommends convales-

cence in the countryside. While staying in

the home of his cousin, Bragg quickly

adjusts to the mellower lifestyle, taking

long walks, eating hearty meals, and even

playing cricket. But his relaxing and

peaceful vacation becomes quite harried

when one of the small town country

residents is murdered and Bragg s cousin

becomes a suspect. His investigation leads

him into the private lives of many country

citizens, revealing secrets and scandals that

rock the whole social structure of the town

when the real murderer is discovered.

Harvest of Death is the seventh book in

Harrison s highly acclaimed series featur-

ing Sergeant Bragg and Constable Mor-

ton. A fine mystery as well as an interesting

character study, it demonstrates too that

the author is Just as talented in invoking

the peace of the Dorset countryside as he is

in recreating the bustle of late Victorian

London.