The Covent Garden Murder

#8 Blitz Detective

Mike Hollow

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Allison & Busby
02 August 2024

Fiction & Literature; Historical mysteries; Second World War fiction

Series: Blitz Detective

December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destruction of the Blitz. In London's Covent Garden, where the glamour of theatreland rubs shoulders with the bustle of the capital's biggest fruit and vegetable market, the war has closed the theatres and ruined the market trade. When a daylight air raid hits the Prince Albert Theatre in Drury Lane, rescuers find a man dying in the wreckage. But it wasn't the bomb that's ending his life - he's been stabbed, and with his dying breath he whispers what sounds like a fragmented confession. As Detective Inspector John Jago begins to investigate, there's an underlying question he must grapple with: w as the murdered man himself a killer?

By: Mike Hollow
Imprint: Allison & Busby
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780749030322
ISBN 10: 0749030321
Series: Blitz Detective
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Hollow was born in West Ham and grew up in Romford, Essex. He studiedRussian and French at the University of Cambridge and then worked for theBBC. In 2002 he went freelance as a copywriter, journalist and editor. Mike alsoworks as a poet and translator.