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Hardcastle's Frustration - (Hardcastle and Marriott Historical Mystery) by Graham Ison (Paperback)

Hardcastle's Frustration - (Hardcastle and Marriott Historical Mystery) by  Graham Ison (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>"As the Great War grinds to its bloody finale, DI Hardcastle is encumbered with a frustrating and complicated investigation . . . -""March, 1918." The Great War is grinding slowly to its bloody finale. Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle, head of the Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police, is called to a body is recovered from the Thames. Mavis Parker, the victim's attractive widow, proves to be a good-time girl, and to complicate matters, all the suspects seem to be known to each other, including a South African who purports to be an actor. But it is when Special Branch intervene that things "really "get complicated . . .<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>March, 1918. The Great War is grinding slowly to its bloody finale. Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle, head of the Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police, is called to a body is recovered from the Thames. Mavis Parker, the victim's attractive widow, proves to be a good-time girl, and to complicate matters, all the suspects seem to be known to each other, including a South African who purports to be an actor. But it is when Special Branch intervene that things really get complicated . . .<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Meticulously researched historical details, period ambience, authentic British working-class dialogue, a splendid plot, gentle humor, and two clever detectives add up to an outstanding historical procedural</i>-- "Booklist"<br><br>Hardcastle comes across as someone who will solve the crime, no matter what he has to say or do to accomplish his job. Great historical mystery!-- "Historical Novel Society"<br>

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