Like the Museum Mysteries, Eldridge takes us behind the scenes into a hidden world, in this case, one of the world’s great hotels during the Blitz in 1940.
High society, protesters, air raids and an unexplained murder: the perfect combination. September 1940: the height of the Blitz. The Savoy Hotel boasts London’s strongest air raid shelter with all the luxury expected from one of the capital’s most prestigious hotels. It prompts the arrival of a disgruntled crowd from the East End, demanding they be allowed entry and respite from the endless bombing raids. They are given permission to enter and are stunned by the opulence that greets them. The all-clear sounds the next morning and London comes slowly back to life, but not everyone can dust themselves down and carry on. One of the hotel’s guests has been discovered dead, stabbed in the back. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called in and the finger of suspicion falls firmly upon the East Londoners, but not everything is as it seems in these sumptuous surroundings. The second in the Hotel Mysteries from Jim Eldridge, author of the bestselling Museum Mysteries.
September 1940: the height of the Blitz. When The Savoy advertises its very safe series underground shelters it is discovered after one night of raids that one of the hotel's guests is dead, stabbed through the heart...
