Lestrade and the Magpie - Couverture rigide

Trow, M. J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0094708703 ISBN 13 : 9780094708709

Editeur : Constable, 1991

Synopsis

. with dustjacket, 1991, slight fading

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

England in 1920 is a land fit for heroes. So why is one of those heroes found dead in a dingy London hotel? And why does his war record show that he has been missing, presumed killed in action, for three years?

The deceased is the fiancé of Inspector Lestrade’s daughter, and when her tears are dry she sets out to find his murderer. As always with Lestrade, one murder has a habit of leading to another; a second body turns up, linked to the first. How can a woman killed in an air raid in 1917 be found with a bullet through her head three years later?

When a succession of foreigners is murdered with the same tell-tale weapon, has World War II started already? Can it be Hunnish practices? Or the Red Peril? Perhaps the Black and Tans?

A colourful web of intrigue unfolds as Lestrade and his daughter go undercover in the War Office, the Foreign Office, a film studio and at the Yard itself. When Lestrade’s daughter is kidnapped, the writing is on the wall. And the writing says ‘MI5’.

‘Good enough to make a grown man weep.’ - Yorkshire Post

Biographie de l'auteur

M J Trow is a crime writer, historian and biographer who for many years doubled as a history teacher. Now retired, he is the author of three successful crime fiction series – Lestrade, Maxwell and Kit Marlowe, the latest written in collaboration with his wife. He lives in the Isle of Wight and, as well as writing, lectures on cruise ships, and has appeared many times on television in historical and crime documentaries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Constable
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0094708703
• ISBN 13: 9780094708709
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible