Murder at the Star : Who Killed Thomas Thomas?

Late evening, Saturday 12 February 1921. Garnant, a small town on the edge of the South Wales coalfield is about to be shaken to the core by a bloody murder. Thomas Thomas, managers of the star Stores, is counting the day's takings when he is surprised by an attackers. The following morning his body is discovered, skill smashed body stabbed, throat cut. The shop safe is open and the money has gone. Despite the arrival of George Nicholls, one of Scotland Yard's star detectives, and a variety of suspects including Thomas's landlord his assistant, a property developer, and a local ne'er do well, the killer remained free. Nicholls a wartime spycatcher and the man who solved many famous cases, returned to London. Who did kill frail, Bible-quoting, God-fearing Thomas Thomas? Why didn't local people react to the store's lights burning through the night? What caused this brutal attack in quiet Granant? Drawing on in-depth research, local contacts and discovering new evidence about the suspects, The Murder at the Star finally reveals the identity of the murderer and closes the case which remained unsolved for almost a century. Book jacket.