01891cam a2200337 i 4500 296089628 TxAuBib 20150423120000.0 150316s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2015010907 9781605986968 1605986968 eng rda TxAuBib rda Kelly, Stephen, (mystery writer.) The language of the dead [BOOK] : a World War II mystery / Stephen Kelly. World War 2 mystery, A. New York : Pegasus Crime, 2015. 277 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Inspector Lamb novel German bombers are arriving daily, seeking to crush England. But in a rural Hampshire village, things have remained fairly quiet-until an elderly loner, Will Blackwell, is brutally murdered. The method of his killing bears the hallmarks of the traditional vanquishing of a witch, and indeed, local legend claims that as a boy, Blackwell encountered a ghostly black dog sent from the devil, who struck a bargain for Blackwell's soul. Not long after the murder, a young woman who is carrying the illegitimate child of a fighter pilot also is violently killed; then a local drunkard ends up in the race of an abandoned mill with the back of his head bashed in. As the Germans continue their relentless attack, Detective Inspector Thomas Lamb rushes to solve the crimes. Do the killer's motivations lie in the murky regions of the occult? 20150423. World War, 1939-1945 England Fiction. Detectives England Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. Inspector Lamb novel.