Plenty Under the Counter
Kathleen Hewitt · Alan Jeffreys
May 2019 · Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics Book 2 · Imperial War Museum
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London, 1942. Flight-lieutenant David Heron, home on convalescent leave, awakes to the news that a murder victim has been discovered in the garden of his boarding house. With a week until his service resumes, Heron sets out to solve the murder. Drawn into a world of sytery and double-dealing, he soon realises that there is more to the inhabitants of the boarding house than meets the eye, and that wartime London is a place where opportunism and the black market are able to thrive. Can he solve the mystery before his return to the skies?
London, 1942. Flight-lieutenant David Heron, home on convalescent leave, awakes to the news that a murder victim has been discovered in the garden of his boarding house. With a week until his service resumes, Heron sets out to solve the murder. Drawn into a world of sytery and double-dealing, he ...
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Kathleen Hewitt (1893-1980) was a British author and playwright who wrote more than 20 novels in her lifetime, mainly in the mystery and thriller genre. Born in India, Hewitt was part of an artistic set in 1930s London that included Roy Campbell, Jacob Epstein and Dylan Thomas. Alan Jeffreys is a curator at the Imperial War Museum and is an expert on tactics and training for jungle warfare and the British Army in the Far East during World War II.
Kathleen Hewitt (1893-1980) was a British author and playwright who wrote more than 20 novels in her lifetime, mainly in the mystery and thriller genre. Born in India, Hewitt was part of an artistic set in 1930s London that included Roy Campbell, Jacob Epstein and Dylan Thomas. Alan Jeffreys is a...
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