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    A Bespoke Murder: The compelling WWI murder mystery series

    By Edward Marston

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    May 1915. As zeppelin bombs fall on London and with the sinking of the Lusitania, anti-German hysteria reaches fever pitch and attacks on German immigrants surge. Not even the West End of London is immune. Jacob Stein's bespoke tailoring business comes under brutal attack, leaving his safe ransacked, his daughter, Ruth, raped and Jacob dead.


    Inspector Harvey Marmion is detailed to the case and faces an uphill struggle to track down the perpetrators, even up to the chaos of the Front Line. But was the murder as opportunistic as it first appears, or did someone with a deadly grudge plan the attack?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllison & Busby
    Release dateSep 26, 2011
    ISBN9780749040000
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    A Bespoke Murder: The compelling WWI murder mystery series
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    Edward Marston

    Edward Marston has written well over a hundred books, including some non-fiction. He is best known for his hugely successful Railway Detective series and he also writes the Bow Street Rivals series featuring twin detectives set during the Regency; the Home Front Detective novels set during the First World War; and the Ocean Liner mysteries.

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    • 4/5
      An enjoyable read.

      The story takes place in the early 20th century and is based upon Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy investigate the murder of Jacob, a Jewish tailor, whose shop is victim of anti-German riots after the sinking of the Lusitania. As the shop is being attacked and burn, Jacob's daughter Ruth is raped.

      Jacob's killing initially is contributed to the anti-Geramn riots but when it is discovered Jacob was stabbed, his safe broken into and his daughter Ruth being raped it becomes a Scotland Yard investigation.

      The characters are likable and though some come off as perhaps too wholesome it is refreshing to have a mystery that comes across as more PG-13 then having to have someone having an uncontrollable need for passionate sex, graphic details on anything from sex to grizzly murder to language that was at one time reserved for bar room boasting.

      Maybe I'm old and boring and not with it but I'd rather old and boring and not with it and enjoy an entertaining book. I get enough of all the non entertaining in the news every day.

      Edward Marston's entertaining approach may be 'boring' for some but is what I like in a good mystery. The second book of the Home Detective series An Instrument in Slaughter was not available but another of his series the Railway Detective's first book was and I've snatached it as my next read
    • 4/5
      The author has a lovely relaxed style for all his works. Here we have another Scotland Yard Detective, Harvey Marmion, and his more than helpful assistant, Joe Keedy, dealing with the death of a leading German Jewish tailor (hence, Bespoke) and theft from his premises as well as arson in burning them down. To add to this his daughter, Ruth, is raped as she makes her way home to escape from the trouble at her father’s shop. All of this appears to have been sparked by the sinking of the Lusitania, resulting in many German businesses being targeted, despite the length of time that their proprietors may have been naturalised in this country. Two survivors, Irene, a stewardess from the ship, and Ernie Gill, a barber, feature quite prominently in the development of the story.
      There is much to enjoy, the story is well plotted and the perpetrators and their reasons take some teasing out by diligent probing by the detectives, for once supported by their commissioner. There are many likeable characters, and some who are distinctly the opposite, and whose actions in many ways are totally reprehensible.
      Marmion’s daughter, Alice, a school teacher, provides some slight romantic interest in a developing relationship with Keedy, and the ending of the story is completely clear, but allows for more work on the part of our two detectives in the future.
      A thoroughly enjoyable read, matching his Railway Detective novels.