The Blitz Detective

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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 man’s 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 it’s Jago’s job to find the truth.

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Good story. Interesting observations of everyday life during WW II.
Defendman 19/02/2025
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A police procedural set in the period of the second world war, as indicated by the title. It put me in mind of Foyle's War and was thoroughly enjoyable. It was a pleasant change from so many books today which are full of gore and foul language. I will be reading/listening to the rest of the series. It was well read.
Liam 13/01/2025
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Patricia Thomson 07/03/2024
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Velezrubio 11/04/2023
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Really good book, gripping as a detective story but with good characters who have real ideas and are not just the usual run of the mill coppers.
Bagqueen1 03/04/2023

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