Description
Product ID: | 9780749026929 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Blitz Detective |
Title: | The Custom House Murder |
Subtitle: | The intricate wartime murder mystery |
Authors: | Author: Mike Hollow |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries |
Description: | Select Guide Rating When a pacifist is found murdered, questions are raised: why did the man have a loaded revolver? Did he have enemies? As DI Jago digs deep into the man's past, it seems like more than one person might have had a motive for murder. First Published as Enemy Action.September, 1940. With London having endured the Blitz for nearly a month, people are calling for vengeance, but once again the night heralds more destruction. In Custom House, anxious residents dutifully head to the nearest public air-raid shelter as the warning siren wails.When dawn brings the all-clear, people disperse, but one man remains - he is dead, stabbed through the heart. Detective Inspector John Jago discovers that the victim was a pacifist. But why, then, was he carrying a loaded revolver in his pocket? |
Imprint Name: | Allison & Busby |
Publisher Name: | Allison & Busby |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-12-10 |