The Copper Peacock - Contents

Contents

The collection contains nine stories:

  1. "A Pair of Yellow Lillies"
  2. "Paperwork"
  3. "Mother's Help"
  4. "Long Live the Queen"
  5. "Dying Happy"
  6. "The Copper Peacock"
  7. "Weeds"
  8. "The Fish-Sitter"
  9. "An Unwanted Woman" (an Inspector Wexford story)

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