In post-war London, Gabriel Book, a literary enthusiast and bookseller, combines his day job with his favorite hobby--helping solve murder cases. Alth…
It’s Jack’s first day as Book’s assistant. But excavation of a nearby bomb site means the business of bookselling takes an instant back seat, because the site is full of skeletons. And when local chemist Harkup is found poisoned in his shop, Jack realizes that his new employer has an unexpected sideline: solving murders.
The investigation into Harkup’s death continues and Book discovers something surprising about the bomb site skeletons. With multiple suspects in the frame, a missing jade figurine and an unexpected beneficiary in Harkup’s will, Book will need all his ingenuity to solve the case. The Law must take its course. But over whom does the shadow of the gallows lie?
The nation’s favorite screen couple, Sandra Dare and Stewart Howard, descend on Archangel Lane to film their latest picture. But is all as rosy as it seems? A journalist hovers around in search of juicy gossip. Then, an extra drops dead after eating poisoned chocolates destined for one of the cast. Who was the intended victim? And will the killer strike again?
Book and his team race to unmask the film-set killer before someone else is left on the cutting room floor. Permanently ...
A grand hotel, exiled royalty, a poisoned army captain and Trottie as a suspect. Could this prove to be Book’s toughest case yet?
As tension builds, the staff rebel and the Walsingham Hotel lists like an old ship, can Book unmask Captain Orr’s murderer?
