Two of the crime fiction books I might reserved that arrived this month had King Edward VIII as a little bit of a typical theme.
The Traitor Amongst Us by Anne Perry is the fifth in a superb sequence that includes photographer and MI6 agent Elena Standish and set within the construct as much as WWII. When a retired MI6 agent is discovered lifeless close to Wyndham Corridor MI6 must know what he was investigating and who knew.
It’s recognized that the house owners of Wyndham Corridor are potential fascist sympathisers and as Margot -Elena’s sister is about to change into engaged to Woman Wyndham’s brother it appears plan for her to be invited to a home celebration there to see what she will discover out. Margot and the Wyndham household don’t know she is a spy however when a number of accidents occur after the household meet up with the long run Edward VIII and his mistress Wallace Simpson it turns into apparent that somebody suspects what she is and is making an attempt to cease her discovering out their plans.
Mike Ripley is the writer who took on the job of writing some extra Albert Campion Tales after Margery Allingham died. Campion was the primary character in lots of tales the place he helped the police clear up varied crimes.
This guide is ready in 1970 however a lot of the story refers again to 1935 with a secret go to to a Suffolk archaeological dig by the long run Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson.
On this story Campion finds himself pretending to be a movie advisor to an Italian movie firm supposedly filming the go to of Edward and Mrs Simpson’s go to to the Dig. In actuality the story is totally different and entails non-existent treasure, the homicide of an Italian lady again in 1935 and the disappearance of a newspaper reporter on the identical time. Nobody is kind of who they appear on this story and it is the top of the guide earlier than the we discover out precisely what occurred in 1935 and in 1970.
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