Blitz Detective - The Intricate Wartime Murder Mystery

Saturday 7th September, 1940. The sun is shining, and in the midst of the good weather Londoners could be mistaken for forgetting their country was at war until the familiar wail of the air-raid sirens heralds an enemy attack. The Blitz has started, and normal life has abruptly ended but crime has not.That night a mans body is discovered in an unmarked van in the back streets of West Ham. When Detective Inspector John Jago is called to the scene, he recognises the victim: local Justice of the Peace, Charles Villiers. The death looks suspicious, but then a German bomb obliterates all evidence. War or no war, murder is still murder, and its Jagos job to find the truth.

About the author

Mike Hollow was born in West Ham and grew up in Romford, Essex. He studied Russian and French at the University of Cambridge and then worked for the BBC. In 2002 he went freelance as a copywriter, journalist and editor. Mike also works as a poet and translator.

Summary

On the first night of the Blitz, the body of local Justice of the Peace Charles Villiers is found in the back of a van, but a bomb destroys the evidence. As DI Jago does some investigations, it appears that many people may have wanted Villiers dead.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Hollow, Hollow Mike
• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780749026721
• ISBN: 978-0-7490-2672-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Blitz Detective; Ein John Jago Krimi / Blitz Detective
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical mysteries, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Historical crime and mysteries, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)