title: Very Important Corpses: Severn House Publishers (An Ishmael Jones Mystery)
author:  Simon R. Green 
description: Give this one a few more installments to develop, and it could well become Greens masterwork (<i>Booklist</i>)
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  The Sittaford  
  
  
  Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Dedication](part0002.html#toc-ded)  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  To M.E.M.  
  
  
  with whom I discussed the plot of this book,  
  
  
  to the alarm of those around us.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0001.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  1 [Sittaford House](part0003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  2 [The Message](part0004.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  3 [Five and Twenty Past Five](part0005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  4 [Inspector Narracott](part0006.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  5 [Evans](part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  6 [At the Three Crowns](part0008.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  7 [The Will](part0009.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  8 [Mr. Charles Enderby](part0010.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  9 [The Laurels](part0011.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  10 [The Pearson Family](part0012.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  11 [Emily Sets to Work](part0013.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  12 [The Arrest](part0014.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  13 [Sittaford](part0015.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  14 [The Willetts](part0016.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  15 [Visit to Major Burnaby](part0017.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  16 [Mr. Rycroft](part0018.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  17 [Miss Perceho