Mask of the Verdoy: A George Harley Mystery (Book #1)

It feels as though the reader is actually walking the cobbled streets and rubbing shoulders with the Londoners of the period The plot moves with unremitting pace and it is a great tribute to Mr Lecomber that he manages to keep up both the tempo and the suspense until the very last page. 5 STARS Highly recommended! (BEST SELLING CRIME THRILLERS) The smoky and smoggy atmosphere of 1930s London is captured beautifully The dramatic finale is magnificently melodramatic, and ends the book an excellent debut in fine style. (Crime Fiction Lover) MASK OF THE VERDOY is an enthralling tale of murder and manipulation thatll place you in 1930s London. (CRIME THRILLER HOUND) In part an homage to Grahame Greenes Brighton Rock, and to the writings of Gerald Kersh, James Curtis, Patrick Hamilton, Norman Collins and the other chroniclers of London lowlife in the 1930s, Mask of the Verdoy also tips its hat to the heyday of the British crime thrillerbut unlike the quaint sleepy villages and sprawling country estates of Miss Marple and Hercules Poirot, George Harley operates in the spielers, clip-joints and all-night cafs that pimple the seedy underbelly of a city struggling under the austerity of the Great Slump. With Mussolinis dictatorship already into its seventh year in Italy, and with a certain Herr Hitler standing for presidential elections in Germany, 1932 sees the rise in the UK of the British Brotherhood of Fascists, led by the charismatic Sir Pelham Saint Clair. This Blackshirt baronet is everything that Harley despises and the chippy cockney soon has the suave aristocrat on his blacklist. But not at the very top. Pride of place is already taken by his arch enemy, Osbert Morkensthe serial killer responsible for the murder and decapitation of Harleys fiance, Cynthia And, of coursethey never did find her head. Mask of the Verdoy is the first in the period crime thriller series, the George Harley Mysteries. To discover more about George Harley visit: (http://www.georgeharley.com) www.georgeharley.com