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'Once again Marston has created a credible atmosphere within an intriguing story' Sunday Telegraph 'An entertaining romp' shotsmag.co.uk
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May 1915. With thousands of Britons away in the trenches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the Home Front safe and continue the fight against crime, espionage, and military desertion. In London, Scotland Yard is already overstretched when the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across the city. Among the victims are the immigrant tailor Jacob Stein, found dead in his burnt-out shop. Initially Jacob's killing appears to be the tragic excess of wartime hysteria - but when it transpires that Jacob had been stabbed amidst the flames, his safe ransacked, and his daughter Ruth raped, the possibility that these assaults were long-premeditated crimes becomes unavoidable. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and his sergeant Joe Keedy must take on this case of cover-ups and contradictions and track down Jacob's killer and Ruth's assailants. As their hunt carries them from the crime-ridden streets of wartime London across the Channel to the chaos of the Front Line, the horrors of crime and policing at a time of total war are brought vividly to life.
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Edward Marston has written many successful series, including the Railway Detective Series and The Restoration Series. Having enjoyed many of his previous books, I was looking forward to the start of his new, Home Front Detective Series, and it certainly did not disappoint.
The novel begins with the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 and the survival of Irene Bayard, a stewardess, and Ernie Gill, a hairdresser on board ship. Irene, who feels grateful to Ernie for helping her, but also wary of his constant attentions, decides not to go back to working on board ships and goes to her sister in London to begin a new life. Meanwhile, the attack on the Lusitania has unleashed a great deal of anti-German feeling and there are revenge attacks on German owned shops and business premises and also on family homes. Attacks begin in Liverpool, but spread to London. Amongst the victims of the violence are Jacob Stein and his daughter, Ruth. Jacob was a tailor, with a prestigious shop in Jermyn Street, when a mob loot and set fire to it. Later, it has been found that Jacob was killed and Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy are in charge of the murder investigation.
This is a really interesting novel. The characters of Marmion, his family and Keedy work well together. There are many plausible suspects and Irene's story is also well developed. Marmion is under pressure from Jacob's difficult brother, Herbert Stone, and there are many side stories, such as a trip abroad to arrest a suspect which brings WWI into the plot. Actually, the affect of the war is felt on all sides - Marmion's son is serving abroad, as well as Jacob Stein's son, and there are many mentions of London in wartime which gives you a great sense of time and place. All in all, this is a very promising start to which looks to be a great new series. Highly recommended.
The novel begins with the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 and the survival of Irene Bayard, a stewardess, and Ernie Gill, a hairdresser on board ship. Irene, who feels grateful to Ernie for helping her, but also wary of his constant attentions, decides not to go back to working on board ships and goes to her sister in London to begin a new life. Meanwhile, the attack on the Lusitania has unleashed a great deal of anti-German feeling and there are revenge attacks on German owned shops and business premises and also on family homes. Attacks begin in Liverpool, but spread to London. Amongst the victims of the violence are Jacob Stein and his daughter, Ruth. Jacob was a tailor, with a prestigious shop in Jermyn Street, when a mob loot and set fire to it. Later, it has been found that Jacob was killed and Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy are in charge of the murder investigation.
This is a really interesting novel. The characters of Marmion, his family and Keedy work well together. There are many plausible suspects and Irene's story is also well developed. Marmion is under pressure from Jacob's difficult brother, Herbert Stone, and there are many side stories, such as a trip abroad to arrest a suspect which brings WWI into the plot. Actually, the affect of the war is felt on all sides - Marmion's son is serving abroad, as well as Jacob Stein's son, and there are many mentions of London in wartime which gives you a great sense of time and place. All in all, this is a very promising start to which looks to be a great new series. Highly recommended.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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May 1915 and the Lusitania sailing from New York is in sight of land when she is torpedoed by the Germans. The story is told by stewardess Irene Bayard who had worked on the Lusitania since her maiden voyage in September 2007.
The sinking of the Lusitania provokes ferocious revengeful action in her home port of Liverpool. The shops of anyone with a German name are looted, and even naturalised British citizens are not safe but beaten up at random. Sadly this action is soon seen in other major cities. But in London matters take a sinister turn when a tailor's shop on Jermyn Street in London is burnt out and the owner killed. Whilst fleeing from the shop at her father's insistence Ruth Stein is waylaid by two soldiers and raped.
Assigned to the murder case are Inspector Harvey Mamion and Sergeant Keedy. The former, a family man, the latter a ladies man, but maybe he just needs to meet the right girl.
Whilst the action taken by Mamion and Keedy as they investigate both the murder and the rape, have all the hallmarks of a good detective story, with the satisfying knowledge that the strong arm of the law has a long stretch, much of the strength of the book is in the characters and their lives on the home front during war. Following her recent experience, Irene decides that she will return home to her sister Dorothy in London, and find work there. Ruth Stein a quiet rather sheltered middle-class girl attempts to deal with the dreadful thing that has happened to her and, along with her family, the death of Jacob Stein.
Cleverly plotted, well written and invoking the atmosphere of the time, I heartily recommend this book as an excellent read. I am delighted to see that this is the first in a new series and I look forward to the next one.
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Lizzie Hayes
The sinking of the Lusitania provokes ferocious revengeful action in her home port of Liverpool. The shops of anyone with a German name are looted, and even naturalised British citizens are not safe but beaten up at random. Sadly this action is soon seen in other major cities. But in London matters take a sinister turn when a tailor's shop on Jermyn Street in London is burnt out and the owner killed. Whilst fleeing from the shop at her father's insistence Ruth Stein is waylaid by two soldiers and raped.
Assigned to the murder case are Inspector Harvey Mamion and Sergeant Keedy. The former, a family man, the latter a ladies man, but maybe he just needs to meet the right girl.
Whilst the action taken by Mamion and Keedy as they investigate both the murder and the rape, have all the hallmarks of a good detective story, with the satisfying knowledge that the strong arm of the law has a long stretch, much of the strength of the book is in the characters and their lives on the home front during war. Following her recent experience, Irene decides that she will return home to her sister Dorothy in London, and find work there. Ruth Stein a quiet rather sheltered middle-class girl attempts to deal with the dreadful thing that has happened to her and, along with her family, the death of Jacob Stein.
Cleverly plotted, well written and invoking the atmosphere of the time, I heartily recommend this book as an excellent read. I am delighted to see that this is the first in a new series and I look forward to the next one.
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Lizzie Hayes
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I was interested to see if I would take to Edward Marston new detectives , and as a great fan of the Railway Detective series I was intrigued to see how the new boy's compared to Robert Colbeck and Victor Leeming and after a good who done it, with a good cast of suspects and a sub plot that took us all the way to the front in WW1, I must admit I was most impressed . The comparison between the two sets of detectives was interesting , the Railway Detective Robert Colbeck is a bit of a dandy,who is yet to set up home ,Harvey Marmion is a family man with two grown up children,Victor Leeming is very much a family man,where Joe Keedy is a well-dressed single man who has a eye for Marmion daughter and is a man of action,so in many ways they are role reversal's. It will be interesting to see how Marmion and Keedy develop,and I hope that we have two excellent series to keep us guessing who done it.
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