Description
Product ID: | 9780749011444 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Home Front Detective |
Title: | A Bespoke Murder |
Subtitle: | The compelling WWI murder mystery series |
Authors: | Author: Edward Marston |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries |
Description: | Select Guide Rating May 1915. While thousands of Britons fight in the trenches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the Home Front safe. In London, the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across the city. Among the victims is the immigrant tailor Jacob Stein, found dead in his burnt-out shop. May, 1915. While thousands of Britons fight in the tranches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the home front safe. In London, the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across the city. Among the victims is the immigrant tailor Jacob Stein, found dead in his burnt-out shop.Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy must take on this case of cover-ups and contradictions and track down Jacob''s killer - a hunt which carries them from the crime-ridden streets of wartime London to the chaos of the front line. But is the murder simply the result of a tragic excess of wartime hysteria, or perhaps a more premeditated crime? |
Imprint Name: | Allison & Busby |
Publisher Name: | Allison & Busby |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-10-22 |