Season of Darkness

Zusatztext Praise for the Detective Murdoch Mysteries: "Jennings has a wonderful feel for the places and tasks that give life and context to a character."  — New York Times Book Review "When it comes to evoking a bygone era . . . Jennings has [Anne] Perry beat hands down."  — Calgary Herald "Jennings writes with the lilt and assurance of an old hand. She deftly wields historic details without impeding the story."  — San Jose Mercury News "If you want to step back in time . . . let Jennings be your guide. There's really none better." — Ottawa Citizen Informationen zum Autor MAUREEN JENNINGS was born in the UK and emigrated to Canada as a teenager. After a long career as a psychotherapist, she became an award-winning writer. She is the author of four series in the crime fiction genre—Christine Morris, Tom Tyler, Murdoch Mysteries, and Charlotte Frayne P.I.—as well as a book on creativity, one novella, and four plays. The Murdoch Mystery series has been adapted into the beloved television series Murdoch Mysteries shown in over 120 territories worldwide, and the Tom Tyler series served as the inspiration for the television series Bomb Girls . In 2011, Jennings was the recipient of the Grant Allen Award for her contribution to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their dog, Murdoch. Klappentext The creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire! England! in the darkest days of the Second World War. Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940! England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real! and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath! near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire! where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector. Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army! to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. When one of these young women is found murdered on a desolate country road! Tyler is almost glad for the challenge; he has been fretting for some time about the dullness of policing in a rural community. In addition! a former lover has reappeared and turned his emotions upside down; his soldier son seems utterly changed by his experience at Dunkirk; and his sixteen year old daughter is unhappy. As he pursues the murderer! Tyler finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees! a psychiatrist! who claims to be an expert on the criminal mind. Leseprobe In spite of the fact that she’d got only a few hours sleep, Elsie Bates was in great spirits. Nothing like a nice bit of dock to make a girl smile. When he’d told her this was his first time, she’d expected him to be clumsy and done too fast, but he wasn’t. She’d helped him out here and there but mostly he’d learned all by himself. Of course, like any man born to Eve, he’d started to show a bit of possessiveness right off the bat, and she’d had to make it clear that nobody owned her. Elsie grinned at the memory, then impulsively pushed down on the accelerator as far as she dared. The sun wasn’t yet up and the road, which was hemmed in on either side by tall hedgerows, was pitch black. She had her headlights on, inadequate as they were with the strips of blackout tape across them, and she was driving as close to the middle of the road as she could, the lorry rattling and shaking on the rough surface.   She started to sing to the tune of the “Colonel Bogey March.”   Hitler has only got one ball, Goering has two but they are small   Wait ’til she told Rose about last night. Rosie kept saying she was saving herself, but as Elsie reminded her, “There’s a war on, my pe...

Product details

• Authors: Maureen Jennings
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2011
• EAN: 9780771043253
• ISBN: 978-0-7710-4325-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Tom Tyler Mystery Series; Tom Tyler Mystery Series; Tom Tyler Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense