Bibliograph

Hardcastle's mandarin, a Hardcastle and Marriott historical mystery, Graham Ison

Type

Label

Hardcastle's mandarin, a Hardcastle and Marriott historical mystery, Graham Ison

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Hardcastle's mandarin

Oclc number

262883737

Responsibility statement

Graham Ison

Series statement

Hardcastle series, 7

Sub title

a Hardcastle and Marriott historical mystery

Summary

It is June 1917. DDI Ernest Hardcastle, head of the CID for the A or Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police, is called to investigate the murder of a very senior civil servant, Sir Nigel Strang, in his office. Given that Sir Nigel was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Munitions, Hardcastle wonders whether the German Intelligence Service might be responsibleThen another murder, of a man on a bus near Scotland Yard, leads Hardcastle to a woman working at Woolwich Arsenal who is suspected of passing information to the enemy. But is there a connection? Hardcastle, aided by Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott, must find out

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