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A Bespoke Murder

Home Front Detective, Book 1

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May 1915. As zeppelin bombs fall on London and with the sinking of the Lusitania, anti-German hysteria reaches fever pitch and attacks on German immigrants surge. Not even the West End of London is immune. Jacob Stein's bespoke tailoring business comes under brutal attack, leaving his safe ransacked, his daughter, Ruth, raped and Jacob dead.

Inspector Harvey Marmion is detailed to the case and faces an uphill struggle to track down the perpetrators, even up to the chaos of the Front Line. But was the murder as opportunistic as it first appears, or did someone with a deadly grudge plan the attack?

©2012 Edward Marston (P)2013 Soundings 20th Century Crime Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Mystery World War I Fiction Crime Emotionally Gripping England
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TW: graphic depiction of rape
A good opening for the series. The setting is interesting and the characters are pleasant. Story is a plodder but satisfying in the end.

A Decent Outing

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I have enjoyed this book, lots of twists and turns. The narrator has a good feeling for the story .

A good story

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this was a good story. I fell that the decision to let Alice live on her own was a little too progressive for the era but, there you go.

A good story.

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Brilliantly narrated which enhanced this intriguing murder mystery. Lots of twists and didn’t guess whodunnit until the end

Great murder mystery

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Absolutely nothing about non-Londoners. Wonder who flew the spitfires, or even designed them before the southerners saw how good they are.

History. Must be great for Londoners.

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