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The Cambridge Siren

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The Cambridge Siren

By: Jim Kelly
Narrated by: Kris Dyer
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Spring 1941. It is the third year of war, and when the siren sounds the people of Cambridge trudge to the city's public bomb shelters. Crowded, smoky, often raucous, the shelters have become a way of life for the poor. At dawn the body of a young man is found in a shadowy corner of the Trinity Shelter, one of three on the city's great open space—Parker's Piece. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke searches the body and finds no wallet or papers, save for a cinema ticket dated six months earlier. PC Vanessa Hill—a recruit to The Borough police from Girton College—uses her skills in fine art to sketch the dead man's face for a poster. An autopsy reveals the only clue to his death is the wound left by a hypodermic needle in the back of his neck. Brooke has a very puzzling case on his hands.

©2025 Jim Kelly (P)2025 W.F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Women Sleuths

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Two interesting crimes for solving, well written and performed and seemed to me, born just after the war, to be a good representation of life during the war. I shall certainly keep an eye out for the next instalment.

An engrossing tale

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Jim Kelly has written a number of books based on 3 different characters and all brilliant. I can’t understand why none have been turned into a TV series. He is a great writer and if you love well written suspenseful novels and haven’t read him you’re in for a treat

Jim Kelly is excellent

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