A Commonplace Killing
On sale
2nd May 2013
Price: £7.99
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ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780721491
On a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman”s body in a bomb site in north London. In this gripping murder story, Sian Busby gradually peels away the veneer of stoicism and respectability to reveal the dark truths at the heart of postwar austerity Britain.
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Reviews
Elegant - spell-binding
Brilliantly evoked
A classic whodunit at its very best
A cracking book.
A writer with a rare and singular dedication to authenticity - the atmosphere Busby evokes is as melancholic as Graham Greene's The End of the Affair.
It is a fitting monument to a writer of rare subtlety.
Demonstrates her special strength as a teller of authentic, poignant stories.
The sense of austerity and a crippled city recovering from war permeates every page, while the arrival of rumpled Divisional Detective Inspector Jim Cooper just adds to its striking authenticity.
This is the best new book that I have read in a long time. It's a cliche but I really could not put it down. The backdrop of London in 1946 is set out perfectly and the characters draw you in to their world with ease.