Sure and Certain Death
Author(s): Bárbara Nadel
A brilliant evocation of the period and a truly unnerving, menacing and original plot...
Sure and Certain Death is the fourth chilling World War Two crime mystery in the Francis Hancock series by award-winning Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Lindsey Davis and Nicola Upson.
East London, 1940: Francis Hancock finds the brutally eviscerated body of a woman in a derelict house. Francis' sister, Nancy, knew the victim. Then, shockingly, two more murders follow. Rumours start to spread through the East End about another Jack the Ripper. When a fourth woman is murdered, Nancy admits that she knew all of the victims, and Francis sets out to find the killer, discovering a trail of murderous resentment that goes back decades...
What readers are saying about Sure and Certain Death
'For Nadel fans, Sure and Certain Death is a must-read, as it is for historians of East London'
'Atmospheric, touching, different and unputdownable '
'More brutal murders in a storyline that is gripping to the last page'
General Information
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- : Headline Publishing Group
- : Headline Book Publishing
- : 0.22
- : 07 January 2010
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Bárbara Nadel
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823.92
- : 320
