White city Author Forename:Dominic

White city Author Forename:DominicIt's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black market spivs. An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history, sends newspapers into a frenzy. Politicians are furious, the police red faced. They have suspicions but no leads. Hunches but no proof. For two families, it is more than just a sensational headline, as their fathers fail to return home on the day of the robbery.

is a pawn in a game he only dimly comprehends

Although determined to nail the villains

they are reunited with INTERPOL agent John Washington Smith in a dangerous and deadly search that will not only expose secrets of the artist's last days but draws them into one of history's darkest eras

As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance

Raker begins to uncover evidence of a sinister cover-up

it's a haven of peace and reflection for many locals

Every night he goes door-to-door delivering books by hand to his loyal customers

on the wrong day

Amelia has no interest in marrying Mr Hurst - or indeed in marrying at all

Josephine Tey: A Life by Jennifer Morag Henderson introduces us to Elizabeth MacKintosh

Babs's youngest daughter

Because one of the men is no stranger: he's Trey's father