The Enemy Within

A prisoner, Wally Hubbard, escapes from Pentonville Prison in 1917 and Inspector Marmion and his colleague Sergeant Joe Keedy are put on the case to try and recapture him. The duo's boss, the cantankerous and often contradictory Superintendent Claude Chatfield warns Marmion that he should watch his......more

I enjoyed this last book (for now?) in the Home Front Detective series and my only complaint is the same as it was in the previous book. The "Paul" story line is a distraction and just when the action is heating up, the author switches to the Paul story for a few pages and it breaks the flow of the......more

First published in 2016, 'The Enemy Within' is the 6th in the popular 'Home Front' detective series set mainly in WW1 London. The plot centres on the search for a convict recently escaped from Pentonville prison, but this mingles with additional themes, together with Marston's usual method of charac......more

interesting book in the latest in the home front detective series with former foes united in action but more worrying events are on the home front. this series is getting interesting as it used ww1 as its backdrop.......more

Really enjoying the Home Front Detective series. This was full of tension. The search for Wally Hubbard has you willing the detectives on. A hard-to-put-down book that I thoroughly enjoyed.......more