Mike Hollow
Autore di Direct Hit
Serie
Opere di Mike Hollow
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Hampshire, England, UK
- Attività lavorative
- Russian translator
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 215
- Popolarità
- #103,625
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 49
- ISBN
- 53
All the cases have been murder mysteries, cases that could have been attributed to the Blitz, except, as in most of the cases, for the obvious presence of a murder weapon. We have learnt little snippets of what it was like to be in London in the Blitz, also little bits about the legacy of World War One, and what was done by the authorities to try to keep life in London "normal" for its population.
The cases have been meticulously investigated by Detective Inspector Jago, originally of the Metropolitan Police force, but recently of Scotland Yard. His offsider/bagman has been Detective Constable Peter Cradock, plucked summarily from uniform and put into plain clothes. We have met a range of regular characters, including Dorothy, an American correspondent for the Boston Globe based at the Savoy Hotel.
The characters have been well developed and the plots plausible and the scenarios intersting… (altro)