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Assassins : Detective Chief Inspector Stark Mystery - Jim Eldridge

Assassins

By: Jim Eldridge

30 November 2017

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The first of a new mystery series featuring Winston Churchill and King George V: an intriguing departure for bestselling children's author Jim Eldridge. London, 1921. Prominent Cabinet minister Lord Amersham has been shot dead outside his Regents Park home, two bullets to the chest and one to the forehead. The killing bears the hallmarks of a professional hit. Tackling one of the most high-profile cases Scotland Yard has ever faced, DCI Paul Stark is under pressure to produce a quick result. Amersham's colleague, Secretary of State for the Colonies Winston Churchill, is convinced the Bolsheviks are responsible. Stark's colleagues at Special Branch believe there's a connection to the Government talks taking place over Irish Home Rule. Or could the motive be connected to Lord Amersham's scandalous private life? Then there is a second murder, once again committed by an expert marksman at close range - and the case takes a terrifying new twist ...
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"Besides providing interesting nuggets of history, Eldridge depicts his lead characters with complexity and compassion, auguring well for this series kickoff" Kirkus Reviews "A smart start to a proposed series, with politics threaded through procedure, plus a hint of romance" Booklist I just finished reading "Assassins", and couldn't put it down. In fact, I just pulled it out of our return pile so I can read it again. I scrolled through our library catalog and google, and it looks as if this is your only "adult" book, or at least the only one about Chief Inspector Stark. We hope you will be writing more about him soon. All the characters and historical detail were wonderful. z. Micky Schap Tucson, A

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