Robin Hood Yard

London, 1938. With a world war on the horizon, a shocking crime begins to unfold - and one reporter knows too much to be allowed to survive. An absorbing and gripping mystery from the critically acclaimed author of Snow Hill. November, 1938. Europe is teetering on the edge of war...Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Britain, and a serial killer is at work in London. Johnny Steadman, investigative journalist, is called to the scene of a gruesome murder - a man has been tied to his bed, mutilated and left to bleed to death.

This is the second time the killer has struck, and it won't be the last. Together with DC Matt Turner, Johnny tries desperately to find a link between the victims. When the next Mayor of London is subjected to a vicious Anti-Semitic attack, Johnny begins to wonder if the two cases are connected. Against a backdrop of escalating violence in Nazi Germany, he uncovers a shocking conspiracy that could bring the United Kingdom to its knees. But will Johnny live to tell the tale?

About the Author

Mark Sanderson is a journalist. Since 1999, he has written the Literary Life column in the Sunday Telegraph and he reviews crime fiction for the Evening Standard. His memoir, Wrong Rooms, published in 2002 to widespread critical acclaim was described by Melvyn Bragg as 'one of the most moving I have ever read'.