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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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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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A story that kept me engrossed from start to finish. I laughed when the rapist, who was on remand in Wandsworth prison, escaped as there had been an escape of a remand prisoner at that prison in recent weeks.

Cracking good story

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Story kept me engrossed throughout. Loved the historical details. Excellent characterisation and plot development. The backdrop of World War One is ab excellent setting.

Excellent mystery and narrator

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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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