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The Stratford Murder
Mike Hollow
9780749026035
352 pages
Allison & Busby Ltd
Overview
First published as Firing Line.
October, 1940. Bombs are falling on Stratford when air-raid warden Sylvia Parks sees a house with a shining light, in clear breach of the city’s strict blackout rules. With no answer at the door she manages to break in, only to discover the body of a young woman, strangled to death with a stocking. For Detective Inspector John Jago, the scene brings back memories of the gruesome Soho
Strangler, who murdered four women a few years ago but has never been caught – could there be a connection?