From the well-known author whose books inspired the wildly popular
Murdoch Mysteries TV series, comes the third WWII-era DI Tom Tyler
mystery; for fans of Foyle's War, wartime dramas, and, of course,
Maureen Jennings!
It's summer, 1942, and after a tough couple of years, DI Tom Tyler is
making a fresh start in Ludlow, Shropshire. On the outskirts of town,
St. Anne's Convalescent Hospital, staffed by nursing sisters who are
Anglican nuns, has been established in an old manor house to help
victims of the war to recover. After a horrifying double murder is
discovered on the grounds, Tyler must figure out how the crime could
have occurred in such a secluded and presumably impenetrable place,
where most of the patients are unable to walk or are blind, or both, not
to mention deeply traumatized.
To add to the puzzle, Tyler begins almost immediately to receive
mysterious letters recounting terrible crimes far away. He realizes that
he is not only seeking the murderer, but that the horrors of the war are
closing in on this place that was meant to be a refuge.
Maureen Jennings, beloved author of the Murdoch novels that inspired the
popular TV series (known as The Artful Detective in the US), surpasses
herself in this vivid portrayal of wartime Britain, brilliantly blending
a classic murder mystery with a deeply human story of how the effects of
war live on far from the fields of battle.
