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Author
Series
Home front detective mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In 1915 London, an anti-German attack on a bespoke tailoring business leaves the tailor dead, his daughter raped, and his safe empty, and Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion must go all the way to the front lines of World War I and back to find those responsible.
Author
Series
Bow Street rivals volume 1
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this first instalment of the Bow Street Rivals series a riot breaks out in Dartmoor prison, enabling some American inmates to escape. The twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen catch wind of a projected assassination but the target is unknown. Trouble ensues when a woman from the Home Office vanishes; a mysterious lady turns up at the archery shooting gallery; and Pauls gambling addiction worsens...
Author
Series
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Set in 19th century England, a bustling crowd boards the Great Western Railway Excursion train on their way to an illegal championship fight in Maidenhead. As the rowdiness of the crowd increases, the train s guard fears "for the safety of his rolling stock". The last thing he expects to find is the brutal murder of one of his passengers, Jake Bransby. Once the shocking discovery of the body is made, Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant...
Author
Series
Home front detective mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of women emerges to hold the Home Front together. Fiercely independent and fiery-spirited, the munitionettes, or 'canaries', are easily recognizable with their chemically-stained yellow faces. Among the raucous group of women is Florrie Duncan, who plans to celebrate her birthday in style at the Golden Goose publishing But the celebrations are cut short when all but one are killed...
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