The Blind Detective: The thrilling inter-war mystery series

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First published as Line of Sight under A. C. Koning.London, 1927. Frederick Row lands, an injured war veteran, works as a switchboard operator in the city. After being blinded by shrapnel in the First World War, Fred had to adapt and quickly develop his other senses to survive in the bustling city post-war.
When Fred comes into contact with elegant socialite, Lady Celia West, she instantly charms him. When he starts listening-in to Celia's private calls to her secret lover, Fred's boss, Gerald Willoughby, he overhears something very sinister ...
When a murder victim is discovered, Fred takes it upon himself to risk everything to protect the w omen he has fallen in love with.

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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.