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1940: The heart of British book publishing burns to the ground
The Soho Murder
What you need to know before your trail
December, 1940. The area around St Paul’s Cathedral suffers a devastating air raid and the heart of British book publishing burns to the ground. Detective Inspector John Jago must break bad news to a woman sitting in the ruins of her business: her husband has been found murdered at their home in Soho. An antiquarian bookseller, he had just acquired a mysterious, and now missing, volume. Did someone covet it enough to kill for it?
Unscrupulous dealers haunt Jago’s descent into Soho’s underworld, where criminals are branching out in the shadows of the blackout.
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Soho, London
A very intriguing setting for a very intriguing story
It’s New Year’s Eve and we are at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate. This part of London has just suffered one of the most devastating air raids since the start of the Blitz. Waves of incendiary bombs have burnt the heart of British book publishing to the ground.
A body in the rubble. But this time it’s no accident. An antiquarian bookseller lies dead. Someone who had just acquired a mysterious volume which is priceless – and missing.
Books in wartime are just as dangerous as bombs it would seem – and this book evokes both that world of publishing and war time with style.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Soho Murder
Destination/Location: London (Soho) Author: Mike Hollow Departure: 1940
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