The Covent Garden Murder: The compelling wartime murder mystery

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December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill isovershadowed by the death and destruction of the Blitz. In London's CoventGarden, where the glamour of theatreland rubs shoulders with the bustle ofthe capital's biggest fruit and vegetable market, the war has closed thetheatres and ruined the market trade.When a daylight air raid hits the Prince Albert Theatre in Drury Lane, rescuersfind a man dying in the wreckage. But it wasn't the bomb that's ending his life -he's been stabbed, and with his dying breath he whispers what sounds like afragmented confession. As Detective Inspector John Jago begins to investigate,there's an underlying question he must grapple with: was the murdered manhimself a killer

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Mike Hollow was born in West Ham and grew up in Romford, Essex. He studiedRussian and French at the University of Cambridge and then worked for theBBC. In 2002 he went freelance as a copywriter, journalist and editor. Mike alsoworks as a poet and translator.