Buried in Clay (22 page)
Authors: Priscilla Masters
Born in Yorkshire and brought up in South Wales, P
RISCILLA
M
ASTERS
is the author of the popular series set in the Staffordshire moorlands featuring Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy. She has also written several medical standalone mysteries. Priscilla has two sons and lives in Staffordshire. She works part time as a nurse.
Joanna Piercy series
Winding up the Serpent
Catch the Fallen Sparrow
A Wreath for My Sister
And None Shall Sleep
Scaring Crows
Embroidering Shrouds
Endangering Innocents
Wings Over the Watcher
Medical Mysteries
Night Visit
Disturbing Ground
A Plea of Insanity
The Watchful Eye
M
ARTHA
G
UNN SERIES
River Deep
Slipknot
A
LSO BY
P
RISCILLA
M
ASTERS
Medical Mysteries
A Fatal Cut
For Children
Mr Bateman’s Garden
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First published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2009.
This ebook edition published by Allison & Busby in 2012.
Copyright © 2009 by P
RISCILLA
M
ASTERS
The moral right of the author is hereby asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All characters and events in this publication other than those clearly in the public domain are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Permission to quote the extract from The Listeners by Walter de la Mare kindly granted by The Literary Trustees of Walter de la mare represented by The Society of Authors.
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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978
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0
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7490
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1330–1