Blitz Detective #01: The Blitz Detective (aka Direct Hit)

Blitz Detective #01: The Blitz Detective (aka Direct Hit)
Mike Hollow
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 352pg
23 Jul 2020 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780749026721
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The jagged blast of high explosives rips through the evening air. In the sky over East London the searchlights criss-cross in search of the enemy. On the first night of the Blitz, a corpse is discovered in a van in the back streets of West Ham. Detective Inspector John Jago recognizes the dead man as local Justice of the Peace Charles Villiers. But a German bomb obliterates all evidence. Villiers was not a popular man, both powerful and feared. As the sirens wail, the detective must start matching motive to opportunity - and it doesn't help when his boss foists an intrusive American journalist on him. Jago soon discovers the dead man held many secrets, some reaching back to World War I. A lot of people wished Villiers dead - and an air raid is a good time to conceal a murder.

#01: Blitz Detective, The (aka Direct Hit)
#02: Canning Town Murder (aka Fifth Column)
#03: Enemy Action (aka The Custom House Murder)
#04: Firing Line (aka The Stratfor Murder)
#05: Dockland Murder, The
#06: Pimlico Murder, The
#07: Camden Murder, The

"Compelling - with a twist of nostalgia for a lost London. Jago is a passionate but unfailingly polite detective aiming his torch through the fog of war. Law and order amid bombs, spivs, and fish and chips. Jago is to cups of tea what Jack Reacher is to coffee." -- Andy Martin, author of Reacher 20: Lee Child and the Making of Make Me "Mike Hollow has created a warm and engaging detective in John Jago, who isn't afraid to face his own vulnerability as he pursues a murderer." -- Elizabeth Flynn, author of Game, Set and Murder "I started reading Direct Hit and couldn't stop. Mike Hollow wonderfully evokes the events and atmosphere of wartime London and brings the gritty nature of life in the heavily bombed East End to life with a rich cast of characters. I enjoyed the book immensely - a new detective inspector has made his appearance, and I hope very much that it won't be the last we've heard of him." -- Peter Stansky, author of The First Day of the Blitz
Mike Hollow studied languages at the University of Cambridge and worked for the BBC and Tearfund. Now a freelance writer, he lives in Hampshire, England, with his wife Margaret. He's also a popular poet whose work has been widely performed and published.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780749026721
Published: 23 Jul 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Allison & Busby
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 352

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