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Published: 1st May 2009
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Booktopia Comments



War Damage is both a high-class thriller and a wonderful evocation of Britain staggering back to its feet after the privations of the war.

London in the aftermath of World War Two is a beaten down, hungry place, so it's no wonder that Regine Milner's Sunday house parties in her Hampstead home are so popular. Everyone comes to Reggie's on a Sunday: ballet dancers and cabinet ministers, left-over Mosleyites alongside flamboyant homosexuals like Freddie Buckingham. And when Freddie turns up dead on Hampstead Heath one Sunday night there is no shortage of suspects. In Regine Milner it possesses a truly memorable heroine. She's full of secrets - just what did happen in Shanghai before the war? - and surprises - Reggie's living proof that sexual experimentation was alive and well long before the sixties.

As reviewed by Chris Bilkey in the May 2010 Booktopia Crime Buzz. Click here to see all of Booktopia's Newsletters.

Book Description

London in the aftermath of WW2 is a beaten down, hungry place, so it's no wonder that Regine Milner's Sunday house parties in her Hampstead home are so popular. Everyone comes to Reggie's on a Sunday: ballet dancers and cabinet ministers, left-over Mosleyites alongside flamboyant homosexuals like Freddie Buckingham. And when Freddie turns up dead on the Heath one Sunday night there is no shortage of suspects.

"War Damage" is both a high-class thriller and a wonderful evocation of Britain staggering back to its feet after the privations of the War. And in Regine Milner it possesses a truly memorable heroine. She's full of secrets - just what did happen in Shanghai before the war? - and surprises - Reggie's living proof that sexual experimentation was alive and well long before the sixties.

"'It would be selfish to hope for more thrillers from Wilson... but The Twilight Hour is so good that such selfishness is inevitable' Time Out 'Fantastically atmospheric... with the sort of breathy dialogue that reminds you of Brief Encounter' Sunday Express 'An elegantly nostalgic, noir thriller; brilliantly conjures up the rackety confusion of Cold War London' Daily Mail"

ISBN: 9781846686504
ISBN-10: 1846686504
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 1st May 2009
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.6  x 2.8
Weight (kg): 0.404