Anthony Horowitz
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Superintendant Christopher Foyle is a police investigator in the British coastal community of Hastings. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Foyle finds his longed-for retirement interrupted by cases involving international intrigue, military racism, and an accused traitor all too willing to go to the gallows.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Foyle, a veteran detective is persuaded to remain on duty at home rather than join the troops at the front as World War II begins. But home is on the vulnerable southern English coast and the chaos, danger and venality of war seep into everyday events.
Fifty ships: After his driver's boarding house is hit by bombs, things go missing pointing Foyle to an organized ring of looters.
Among the few: A scheme involving missing fuel, RAF pilots, a bar,...