The Stratford Murder

Name: The Stratford Murder
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Mike Hollow
ISBN: 9781407991573

Author: Mike Hollow

Series: Blitz Detective #4

Narrator: Simon Mattacks

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 07/01/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

October 1940. Bombs are falling on Stratford when air-raid warden Sylvia Parks sees a house with a light shining like a beacon to the enemy aircraft overhead, violating the strict blackout regulations. With no answer at the door she manages to break in, only to discover the body of a young woman – and she's been strangled with a stocking. For Detective Inspector John Jago, the scene brings back memories of the gruesome Soho Strangler, who murdered four women in the mid-1930s but has never been caught. Is there a connection? As the investigation develops, it leads him into a web of family jealousies, violence, robbery and the underworld of political terrorism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Samantha on April 27, 2018

What an excellent read! Set during the London Blitz, DI Jago embarks on solving a murder that happened to a young woman which bears all the hallmarks of a suspected serial killer - the Soho strangler. I don’t usually read historical fiction as I have a history degree and often end up reading the boo......more

Goodreads review by Toni on February 25, 2018

Book#4, in The Blitz Detective series The London Blitz may be the background for this story but the murder mystery could have been staged anywhere and could have taken place in recent years. In this 4th installment Detective Inspector John Jago and Detective Constable Peter Cradock are called to the......more

Goodreads review by Archana Aggarwal on March 12, 2018

Thank you Net Galley. This was my introduction to the author and the series and I enjoyed it. i like historical mysteries. They add to the fantasy feel. I am looking forward to reading the back list and future novels.......more

Goodreads review by Alison on December 09, 2024

An ARP warden and a volunteer fireman find the body of a young woman in a dingy flat, strangled with a pair of the new nylons that have just been invented in America. Detective Inspector John Jago is struck by the similarity with a string of murders of prostitutes a few years back by a person or pers......more

Goodreads review by Pam on May 21, 2023

As a fan of "Foyle's War" I was expecting a good involving read. A self sufficient woman in her forties, volunteering as an ARP warden in 1940 East London, comes across the body of a murdered young woman. The ARP warden lost her husband in the First World War after a brief marriage, for most of whic......more