Last Rights (Francis Hancock Mystery 1)
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
The first in a brilliant crime series set during the Blitz from the wonderful Barbara Nadel, also author of the hugely popular Turkish crime novels featuring Inspector Cetin Ikmen
Francis Hancock Séries
Suivez la vie d'un entrepreneur de pompes funèbres dans le Londres des années 1940. Cette série explore les aspects les plus sombres de la vie et de la mort, mêlant réalisme brut et atmosphère mélancolique de la Grande-Bretagne d'après-guerre. Découvrez des histoires empreintes d'émotion humaine, de perte et de rebondissements inattendus qui façonnent la vie des personnages et de l'entrepreneur lui-même.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
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After the Mourning
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
In the dark days of the Blitz, crime goes undercover...Undertaker Francis Hancock has seen the worst that humanity can do to itself. Why then does the murder of a young gypsy girl in Epping Forest move him so much? Travellers, gypsies, the homeless, deserters and German spies inhabit this stretch of open ground that was once her home. Francis knows it's not wise to delve into this human melting pot, but he is drawn to the exotic customs of the gypsies, their music and magic. But as he investigates the girl's murder further, the death toll rises and Francis uncovers a much bigger conspiracy, at the heart of which lies something even Adolf Hitler is prepared to kill for...
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As London burns, an unlikely hero unearths a series of brutal murders...The third novel in the acclaimed Francis Hancock World War Two crime series
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Undertaker Francis Hancock tries to figure out how a series of murders are connected and discovers that his sister Nancy knew all of the victims.
