Book #9 of Blitz Detective series
In a few words:
London, December 1940
In this latest Detective Inspector John Jago finds a desolate woman sitting among the ruins of her family business and must break the news that her husband, an antiquarian bookseller, had been shot dead at their home in Soho. He had acquired a priceless volume recently…was this mysterious volume the reason he was killed…..Detective Inspector Jago and DC Peter Cradock will get to the bottom of this mystery.
My thoughts:
No worries if you pick up this series at this stage, the mystery reads well on its own but it is a plus to know a bit more in the personal life of this wonderful character. To situate us the author didn’t overwhelm us with too many details just enough for us not to be lost.
From the start the book has a great atmosphere, fear and determination are in people minds. The darkness of the blackout, restrictions and details of bomb damage situate us in the era. But don’t be misled, this story is not about the Blitz nor is it of the war, although it is there in the background. Instead, we find ourself into an interesting crime investigation with various motives, several suspects with motives and of course a few red herrings to spike to story has the drama dramatically builds and the evidence brings the whodunit to confess and everything is neatly wrapped up.
This is a fast read that grabs attention from the start. The perfect blend of events with police procedural executed by a competent and wonderful protagonist. I also add that the support staff played their roles to perfection and definitely were an asset in this mystery.
Mike Hollow style is clean with straight forward language making reading an easy one.
My thanks to the publisher Allison &Busby for this ARC which I received via Netgalley
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