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   Ashes to Ashes, by Barbara Nadel  
 
  Novel, first publication in 2008
 
 
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  As London suffers at the hands of the German Luftwaffe during the height of the Blitz, undertaker Francis Hancock suddenly finds himself caught up in the middle of a terrifying web of murder and abduction.It's the 29th December 1940, the night that Hitler has chosen to destroy London under a barrage of flaming incendiary bombs. Their main target - St Paul's cathedral - is where Francis Hancock is sheltering from the onslaught. But the First World War veteran doesn't just have bombs to contend with on this night. A young girl, who wasalso shelteringin the cathedral,mysteriously goes missing. Then some of those charged with protecting the building are brutally murdered. Francis must face both his own demonsand fears in his struggle to catch those responsible and bring them to justice...

 
 
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  • Francis Hancock (#3)

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  • 20th Century
  • Gone Missing - Abductions - Kidnapping - Hostages
  • Great Britain
  • London
  • Murders
  • Mystery
  • WW II

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