Stratford Murder - ''A-Grade Crime Fiction'' Lee Child

October, 1940. Bombs are falling on Stratford when air-raid warden Sylvia Parks sees a house with a light shining like a beacon to the enemy aircraft overhead, violating the strict blackout regulations. With no answer at the door she manages to break in, only to discover the body of a young woman and shes been strangled with a stocking.For Detective Inspector John Jago, the scene brings back memories of the gruesome Soho Strangler, who murdered four women in the mid-1930s but has never been caught. Is there a connection? As the investigation develops, it leads him into a web of family jealousies, violence, robbery and the underworld of political terrorism.

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

During an air raid, the body of a young woman is found, strangled. DI Jago suspects that she had a secret and was mixed up in an underworld of criminal activity.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Hollow, Hollow Mike
• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2020
• EAN: 9780749026035
• ISBN: 978-0-7490-2603-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Blitz Detective; Ein John Jago Krimi / Blitz Detective
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical mysteries, Historical crime and mysteries