It is October, 1940. The London borough of West Ham is in the grip of a night of bombing, and undertaker, Francis Hancock relives the trauma of the trenches he suffered in World War One.ÿ
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The first in a brilliant crime series set during the Blitz from the wonderful Barbara Nadel, also author of the hugely popular Turkish crime novels featuring Inspector Cetin Ikmen
It is October, 1940. The London borough of West Ham is in the grip of a night of bombing, and undertaker, Francis Hancock relives the trauma of the trenches he suffered in World War One. Then, he sees a man, lurching through the rubble, screaming about being stabbed. Francis dismisses it as another man's ravings...until the man's body turns up at his funeral parlour, two days later...Suspecting foul play, Francis wants to discover what happened that night, but pitted against violent thugs and his own sanity, he realises that there are people who want the truth to stay dead and buried.
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