Dead Of The NightSet in England just before World War II, and the British were anticipating war with Germany. Colonel Chalgrove of Britain's Home Guard disappears and it is soon evident that he has been murdered. A Dr. Priestley detective mystery story.

Tom Ede is now a Detective Superintendent

richly imagined

There are people prepared to die for this book – and agents willing to kill for it

- and they in turn see London (with some alarm) through the eyes of their teenage children

The Republic of Chaonia fleets under the joint command of Princess Sun and her formidable mother

Chekists walk along the streets

are intrigued to learn that their old friends are back in town

suspense and subterfuge' JANE CORRY

One killer

It is the reaction of a humane and liberal mind to the visual and spiritual impact of the islands of Santa Lucia

it was all about secrets

author of Fyneshade