vkemp's review
5.0
I'm glad I got this one in during 2009. It has moved directly to the top of my best reads. I will have to track down the rest of Laura Wilson's books.
DI Ted Stratton is in charge of the investigation into the death of Mabel Morgan, former silent screen star. The coroner quickly rules it a suicide even though Stratton is not certain about the veracity of the ruling. Meanwhile, Diana Calthrop, high society lady, begins a job in MI5 that quickly turns deadly. The path between these two disparate people grows into a major conflagration. These book is a great look at London at the beginning of WWII and the blitz and its impact on the citizens of England. Stratton and his wife have sent their children into the country and miss them terribly. Diana is fighting to understand the true impact of facism on the British uppper class. An entralling read and highly recommended.
DI Ted Stratton is in charge of the investigation into the death of Mabel Morgan, former silent screen star. The coroner quickly rules it a suicide even though Stratton is not certain about the veracity of the ruling. Meanwhile, Diana Calthrop, high society lady, begins a job in MI5 that quickly turns deadly. The path between these two disparate people grows into a major conflagration. These book is a great look at London at the beginning of WWII and the blitz and its impact on the citizens of England. Stratton and his wife have sent their children into the country and miss them terribly. Diana is fighting to understand the true impact of facism on the British uppper class. An entralling read and highly recommended.
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