Death in the Blackout

In the darkness of World War Two, a murderer strikes...
Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club

In the darkness of World War Two, a murderer strikes...
Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club

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'He stood very still for a moment. He said he had a sixth sense that warned him of danger. The fact that more murderous attempts had been made on his life did not affect his belief in his instinct. He said that in his profession a man had to harden himself to take risks. That was what his clients paid him for, "and," he would add, "they pay damn well." '

Death in the Blackout takes place in the heart of World War II and opens as a bomb drops uncomfortably close to detective Arthur Crook's London flat, setting off a mysterious chain of events.