The Curse of the Golden Trough — Nicholas Rhea

When Montague Pluke, England's most eccentric detective, and international authority on horse troughs, visits the Italian town of Siena he is determined to find the world famous Golden Trough of Siena. As it has not been seen for six hundred years, he has to use all his detective skills to trace it back to a small folk museum on the North York Moors. When Pluke arrives to examine a miniature replica in the form of a snuffbox, not only has it been recently stolen, but he has a mysterious family secret and a sinister curse to contend with...