Dance of Death

Following a dramatic Zeppelin raid over the south east of England, postman Denzil Parry stumbles across a body in Chingford. The local police are called but with Superintendent Claude Chatfield of Scotland Yard in the vicinity and because of the gruesome nature of the killing he also engages his men......more

easy going read in the latest in the home detective series could of been abit shorter as marston develops more the characters and WW1 as the backdrop too......more

The fifth book of the series and a excellent mystery. It not only deals with a murder of a dancer but allows us to see the effect the first world war is having on the main characters of the series. The moving story of Marmion's son Paul continues and we realise the effect the war has had on him. His......more

This is a very good mystery and part of a series of mysteries that focus on Scotland Yard cases during the First World War. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Keedy are the investigators in these murder mysteries. This particular mystery has several viable suspects. Since this time peri......more

I've been finding the books in the series harder and harder to get through. Fatigue might be setting in since I've read so many this year. I thought that there were too many characters in the book to keep track of, and I found myself having to constantly re-read who was who. One part in the novel di......more