Nonesuch Author Surname:Spufford contemplates life and death

contemplates life and death

But can he find the killer before they strike again

Now his picture's been published in the press

the war is going badly for Britain and its allies

One winter evening bestselling crime author

Nonesuch Author Surname:Spufford contemplates life and deathIt's the summer of 1939. London is on the brink of catastrophic war, and everybody knows it. On a final night of abandon, Iris Hawkins, an ambitious young financial secretary (and 'not an entirely good girl'), pursues a one night stand. Some people, if you make the mistake of sleeping with them, leave you with a rash, or regrets. It seems that sleeping with young Geoff, a technical whizz at the BBC's nascent television unit, leaves you pursued by a