Murder at Aldwych Station
The heart-pounding wartime mystery series
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2023
Allison & Busby (Verlag)
978-0-7490-2843-5 (ISBN)
Allison & Busby (Verlag)
978-0-7490-2843-5 (ISBN)
December 1940. DCI Coburg and Sergeant Lampson find themselves caught up in a world of underground jazz clubs, disused tunnels, looters, auxiliary fire services, espionage, as they search for a brutal and ruthless murderer.
December, 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service to provide shelter for the British Museum's priceless Elgin Marbles, as well
as civilians escaping the bombing. When the body of a young man is discovered on the tracks, wearing evening
dress but barefoot, Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are on the case.
Before long, more bodies are discovered, and Coburg's wife Rosa becomes a target for the brutal killer. Caught up in a world of underground jazz clubs, abandoned tube stations and looters, Coburg and Lampson must track down the ruthless murderer before it's too late.
December, 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service to provide shelter for the British Museum's priceless Elgin Marbles, as well
as civilians escaping the bombing. When the body of a young man is discovered on the tracks, wearing evening
dress but barefoot, Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are on the case.
Before long, more bodies are discovered, and Coburg's wife Rosa becomes a target for the brutal killer. Caught up in a world of underground jazz clubs, abandoned tube stations and looters, Coburg and Lampson must track down the ruthless murderer before it's too late.
Jim Eldridge was born in central London towards the end of World War II, and survived attacks by V2 rockets on the Kings Cross area where he lived. In 1971 he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and had his first book commissioned. Since then he has had more than one hundred books published, with sales of over three million copies. He lives in Kent with his wife.
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.04.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | London Underground Station Mysteries |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane |
ISBN-10 | 0-7490-2843-2 / 0749028432 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7490-2843-5 / 9780749028435 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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