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The New Forest Murders: A Page-Turning Wartime Murder Mystery, from the Co-Writer of the Hit TV Series Bookish

The New Forest Murders: A Page-Turning Wartime Murder Mystery, from the Co-Writer of the Hit TV Series Bookish - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Matthew SweetTheme:Chronological Period/1940's, Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:6/9/2026Pages:416
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster (UK)ISBN-13:9781398530904ISBN-10:1398530905UPC:9781398530904Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, ThrillersBook Topic:Historical, TraditionalSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.341Product ID:SCY49F1QTG
'[A] witty, unusual murder mystery' SUNDAY TIMES

A sharp and compelling wartime mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime and Foyle's War.

SUMMER 1944.

The tide of war is turning. The Allies are at the gates of Paris. But the Nazis have one last chance of victory - and its success depends on a traitor in the quiet English village of Larkwhistle in the New Forest.

When Jill Metcalfe receives the news of her brother Henry's death from his friend, US Air Force officer Jack Strafford, she learns of more than just his loss - she is recruited to continue his mission.

Jack has come to the village in the hope that Henry's cryptic last words will reveal the identity of the traitor he is hunting. With Jill at his side, they begin to investigate.
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But someone doesn't want them looking into what happened to Henry. And when a body is discovered, it seems like there might be more to this little village - and its inhabitants - than first meets the eye.?

Will they discover the traitor in their midst, or will the war claim more victims?

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster (UK)ISBN-13:9781398530904ISBN-10:1398530905UPC:9781398530904Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, ThrillersBook Topic:Historical, TraditionalSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.341Product ID:SCY49F1QTG
Matthew Sweet presents Free Thinking on BBC Radio 4 and Sound of Cinema on BBC Radio 3. His twenty-five years of programmes include The Culture Show (BBC2), Checking into History (C4), five series of The Philosophers Arms (Radio 4) and 1922: The Birth of Now, a ten-part history of modernism (Radio 4). He is the author of Inventing the Victorians (Faber, 2001), Shepperton Babylon (Faber, 2005), The West End Front (Faber, 2011) and Operation Chaos (Picador, 2018). He has been film critic of the Independent on Sunday, photography critic of Newsweek and fashion columnist for 1843/The Economist, and is co-writer, with Mark Gatiss, of the major U&alibi television series Bookish (2025).
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK)

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