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Bloodbath at West Chapple farm

Fifty years after its original publication, John Cornwell’s account of the Devon murder mystery involving three dysfunctional siblings remains as haunting as ever

Rachel Johnson
The countryside around Winkleigh, Devon.  Alamy
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  • Earth to Earth

    John Cornwell

    Riverrun, pp. 256, £22

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