Front cover, 'Buried Passions: Maria Marten & the Red Barn Murder,' Neville Spearman, 1980. Woodcut Illustration depicts three men in hats exhuming the victim's body.

Back cover advertisement for James Dickie's #vampire anthology, 'The Undead' and Marc Alexander's 'To Anger the Devil' examining the work of Rev. Dr Donald Omand, exorcist.

Latest library loan from Watney Market #ideastore; an old friend first borrowed in the late 00s (the identical copy as I recognise my scrawl on the ticket). Thanks to lovely staff, as ever. #Peter_Haining #MariaMarten #MurderintheRedBarn

Cover of Peter Haining's 'The Scarecrow'. Painting depicts a pair of crows ignoring three camp straw men in a field.

The much-missed #Peter_Haining; a man with a book for every occasion. 'The Scarecrow: Fact and Fable' (Robert Hale, 1988)