Murder on the Home Front
a gripping murder mystery set during the Blitz - now on Netflix!
$43.40
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2013
Summary
It is 1941. There may be a ‘war of chaos’ in the skies over London, but ‘the perpetual war against the underworld of crime’ must nevertheless continue on the streets below.
At 12 o’clock on a Spring day in a London Coroner’s Court, famed forensic pathologist Dr Keith Simpson asks young journalist Molly Lefebure if she might like to become his secretary. Recalling the ‘horror of secretarial work and secretarial young ladies’, she turns him down flat, resolving to stick to twelve-hour d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751552041 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751552046 |
| Author: | Molly Lefebure |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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Gripping … like a pitch-dark version of Call the Midwife, dealing with the end of life rather than the beginning.
Gripping … like a pitch-dark version of Call the Midwife, dealing with the end of life rather than the beginning. * Sunday Mirror *A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at mid-century crime-fighting * Independent *
Lefebure’s youthful bravery shines through, while the grim conditions showcase her terrific wit.Preserves like a frozen capsule the British grin-and-bear-it spirit and vocabulary of the WWII years.
* Kirkus *About The Author
Molly Lefebure
Molly Lefebure was secretary to acclaimed forensic pathologist Dr Keith Simpson during the Second World War. Her memoir of her time at the Department of Forensic Medicine was originally published in 1955 as Evidence for the Crown. She went on to write children’s books, a biography of Coleridge and several novels. Now in her nineties, she lives in Keswick, Cumbria, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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