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Master of the moor is a 1982 mystery novel by english writer ruth rendell, who passed away in 2015 and was one of the greats in that genre. Tommy lee jones eli wallach anthony perkins 1,512,368 views. For megan drew, the arrival of 1800 brought christian blackmore back into her life, when he became guardian to her niece, sophie. Estebanico sails for the americas with his master, dorantes, as part of an expedition to florida. It happened with dick francis, ross macdonald, and many others. The book and movie were close, but the end was quite different. Master of blackmoor by julie shelton, paperback barnes. When the body of a young blonde woman is found there, her face horrifically disfigured, the victim of a merciless murderer, his beloved moor is tainted with. A local villager, stephen whalby, is the selfproclaimed authority on the moors and when a second woman disappears there, he is only too eager to help the police with their search, especially as it appears that a stranger is trying to assert control over what he considers to be his moors.
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