Hush, hush, hush
Here comes the Bogeyman...
London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in
ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the blackout,
the old way of life continues: in the music halls, pubs, and cafés,
soldiers mix with petty crooks, stage magicians with lonely wives,
scandal-hungry reporters with good-time girls -- and DCI Edward
Greenaway keeps a careful eye on everyone.
But out on the streets, something nastier is stirring: London's
prostitutes are being murdered, their bodies left mutilated to taunt the
police. And in the shadows Greenaway's old adversaries in organized
crime are active again, lured by rich pickings on the black market. As
he follows a bloody trail through backstreets and boudoirs, Greenaway
must use all his skill -- and everything he knows about the city's
underworld -- to stop the slaughter.
Based on real events, Without the Moon is an atmospheric and evocative
historical crime novel demonstrating Unsworth's masterful grasp of the
genre.