Last Rights (Francis Hancock Mystery 1) by Barbara Nadel - ISBN: 9780755321360
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WWII London undertaker battles bombs, lies, and his own mind.

Last Rights (Francis Hancock Mystery 1)

A chilling World War Two thriller

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    9 February 2006

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Summary

October 1940. The London borough of West Ham is in the grip of yet another night of bombing, and undertaker Francis Hancock is in the grip of yet another night of temporary insanity.

A veteran of World War One, Francis is forced by the nightly air raids to relive the trauma of the trenches, and all he can do is try to outrun the horrific flashbacks. So when he sees a man lurching through the rubble, screaming about being stabbed but with no visible wound, Francis dismisses it at the r…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755321360
ISBN-10:0755321367
Author:Barbara Nadel
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:9 February 2006
Weight:220g
Dimensions:24mm x 115mm x 178mm
Series:Francis Hancock
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Last Rights (Francis Hancock Mystery 1) by Barbara Nadel - ISBN: 9780755321360
115 × 178 mm
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Critics Review

Praise for Barbara Nadel’s previous novels: An unusual and very well written first novel…Although the murder mystery is intriguing, it is the characters who make this book so successful * Sunday Telegraph *
Ikmen will go far…will have you looking over your shoulder * Scotsman *
Exciting, accomplished and original * Literary Review *
My crime reader is raving about this author * Bookseller *
A thriller that presents a Middle Eastern city populated by human beings, rather than specimens of oriental exotica, and a British writer who can get inside a foreign skin * Independent *
Mixing Ikmen’s police work with parapsychology, blood and intuition makes for a read that is as riveting as it is undeniably disturbing * Good Book Guide *
Idiosyncratic and evocative * The Times *
Full of complex characters and louche atmosphere * Independent *

About The Author

Barbara Nadel

Trained as an actress, Barbara Nadel is now a public relations officer for rethink severe mental illness’s Good Companions Project. Her previous job was a mental health advocate in a psychiatric hospital. She has also worked with sexually abused teenagers and taught psychology in both schools and colleges. Born in the East End of London, she now lives in Essex and has been a regular visitor to Turkey for over twenty years.

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