Murder in Regent's Park: The thrilling inter-war mystery series
By (Author) Christina Koning
Allison & Busby
Allison & Busby
4th April 2023
23rd March 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
318
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
First published as Game of Chance under A. C. Koning.1929. War veteran, Frederick Row lands, has escaped the bustle of London to asmall holding in Kent. Despite the challenges of his blindness, Fred hasestablished a secure life for his family in the countryside. But things are not asthey seem ...
One afternoon, Fred bumps into an old friend, Chief Inspector Douglas, whoasks for his assistance in uncovering the killer of an alluring dancer. Theserenity of Fred's life in Kent ends abruptly when he is transported back intothe whirlwind of London, w here he confronts his past life.
Fred and Chief Inspector Douglas have little luck in solving the mystery of thedancer. Instead, they become entrapped in an ominous game of chance, whereeverything is at risk ...
Christina Koning has worked as a journalist, reviewing fiction for The Times,and has taught Creative Writing at the University of Oxford and Birkbeck,University of London. From 2013 to 2015, she was Royal Literary Fund Fellowat Newnham College, Cambridge. She won the Encore Prize in 1999 and waslong-listed for the Orange Prize in the same year.