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Set amid the early days of the Second World War, "A Scream in Soho" follows Detective Inspector McCarthy as he musters his famed intuition to solve a baffling murder discovered during London’s blackout. The investigation unfolds in the shadowy streets of Soho, where Italian gangsters, glamorous Austrian aristocrats, and even cross‑dressing German spies intersect. McCarthy’s pursuit of the perpetrator dovetails with a larger threat to Britain’s defences, forcing him to navigate a web of intrigue that spans the city’s seedy underworld and its clandestine wartime machinations.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: John G. Brandon
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