The Tinder Box

A chilling tale of prejudice, ambition and cunning, The Tinder Box is a novella from crime queen Minette Walters.

In the small Hampshire village of Sowerbridge, Irish labourer Patrick O’Riordan has been arrested for the brutal murder of elderly Lavinia Fanshaw and her live-in nurse, Dorothy Jenkins. As shock turns to fury, the village residents form a united front against...