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Hardcastle's Airmen

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Hardcastle's Airmen

By: Graham Ison
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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About this listen

In February 1915, the Great War is still raging on the Western Front, but in Westminster, at the centre of Hardcastle's bailiwick, a policeman is shot dead. At first, Hardcastle believes the murderer to have been a disturbed burglar.

But as enquiries continue, attention focuses on an antiquarian bookseller, a struggling artist, a reporter, officers of the Royal Flying Corps, both in England and in France, and the activities of Isabel Plowman, the wife of one of them and the lover of others.

©2006 Graham Ison (P)2013 Audible Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense War Fiction

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Editor reviews

Set against the backdrop of WWI, Graham Ison’s fourth Inspector Hardcastle mystery finds the titular detective wading through the murk of two seemingly unrelated murders; those of a low-ranking police officer and the wife of a pilot she claims was killed on the battlefield but who miraculously turns up unscathed and throws a wrench into Hardcastle’s investigation.

David Thorpe adroitly captures the dry British humor of Ison’s prose as well as the indomitable Hardcastle’s brusque rasp and no-nonsense attitude in this compelling police procedural.
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A mystery set against the turmoil and tragedy of WW1.
The superior attitudes of the upper classes were unbelievable.

Engaging in many levels

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great story and great read .. cannot wait to get whole series ..well worth listening

great book

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Lacked a certain something but was enjoyable enough. I don't know if I would bother seeking out another in the series.

A Decent Enough WhoDunnit

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Enjoyable book based in the First World War and pilots, accurate description of the class system that prevailed in that period Detective an interesting character, and for a free book very worth listening too

Good book

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really caught the era you can almost smell the smoke from the cigarettes and the the awful snobbery of the officer class. The reader did a great job of making each character recognizable while keeping the voices clear .

really good police tale

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