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The Straits of Treachery - Richard Hopton - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

September 1810. British forces have used the utmost secrecy and stealth to cross the Straits of Messina and infiltrate the enemy''s stronghold. Their mission: to disrupt preparations for the French invasion of Sicily. But when the raiding parties are ambushed by rival soldiers and suffer heavy casualties, one bright young officer suspects that treachery is involved.Ordered to investigate, George Warne uncovers a shadowy underworld of spies, traitors and informers, and where nothing is quite as it seems. Danger lurks around every corner and time is running out for Warne to root out the conspiracy. For how can Sicily''s defenders be ready to repel an invisible enemy within?

DKK 113.00

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Murder at Madame Tussauds - Jim (author) Eldridge - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren''t convinced. Although forbidden contact by his superior officer, Scotland Yard detective John Feather secretly enlists ''The Museum Detectives'' Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to aid the police investigation.When the body of the missing nightwatchman is discovered encased within a wax figure, the case suddenly becomes more complex. With questions over rival museums, the dead men''s pasts and a series of bank raids plaguing the city, Wilson and Fenton face their most intriguing and dangerous case yet.

DKK 179.00

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Points of Danger - Edward Marston - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

1861, East Anglia. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint, but when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than money and jewellery, killing the man working to unify East Anglia''s tangle of railway networks. Inspector Colbeck is brought in from London, as the only detective in Britain with enough expertise for the job. But as Swarbrick''s glowing reputation begins to crumble, the line of investigation isn''t clear: Is this the act of a bungling burglar, a business rival, a disgruntled son, or a jealous lover? Whoever it is, they are determined to involve Colbeck in their fight. Is the Railway Detective following the right track or will he need to switch points to bring the murderer to justice?

DKK 119.00

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The Other Princess - Denny S. Bryce - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

A princess enslaved becomes goddaughter to a queen. By the time she was seven years old, Aina had been born into life as an Egbado princess, witnessed the brutal killing of her entire family, and had been enslaved to a rival chieftain. With a death sentence hanging over her head, she would also face being bartered as an exotic trophy, renamed and presented to the distant Queen Victoria as a ''gift''. From traumatic beginnings, Sarah Forbes Bonetta''s will to survive led her to negotiate Her Majesty''s court, cultivate friends in high places and to flourish in a world far removed from her rural African upbringing. From West Africa to Windsor Castle, The Other Princess is a vivid imagining of the life of Queen Victoria''s Black goddaughter, shining a light on a woman searching for home, love and identity.

DKK 168.00

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Under Attack - Edward Marston - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

June, 1917. While German Gotha bombers raid London from above, a man''s body is fished from the Thames below. The man had been garrotted and his tongue cut out before he was left to his watery grave, and as the killer has taken care to remove identifying items and even labels, Detective Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy struggle to name the victim before they can begin properly with their investigation.As family and business associates are found, the list of suspects grows ever longer, and as Marmion wrangles with the case, he and his family must also contend with their anxieties for his now-missing son Paul. The interminable presence of war and, closer to home, pitched battles in the East End between rival adolescent gangs, suggest the Home Front is more insecure than ever before. With great care, Marmion must pick his way along a twisting path that will lead him towards the killer.

DKK 113.00

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Murder at the Ritz - Jim (author) Eldridge - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes plague the city''s skyline. But inside the famous Ritz Hotel, the cream of society continues to enjoy all the glamour and comfort that money can buy during wartime - until an anonymous man is discovered with his throat slashed open.Detective Chief Inspector Coburg is called in to investigate, no stranger himself to the haunts of the upper echelons of society, ably assisted by his trusty colleague, Sergeant Lampson. Yet they soon face a number of obstacles. With the crime committed in rooms in use by an exiled king and his retinue, there are those who fear diplomatic repercussions and would rather the case be forgotten. With mounting pressure from various Intelligence agencies, rival political factions and gang warfare brewing either side of the Thames, Coburg and Lampson must untangle a web of deception if they are to solve the case - and survive.

DKK 120.00

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Bloomsbury Girls - Natalie Jenner - Bog - Allison & Busby - Plusbog.dk

1950s London. Bloomsbury Books on Lamb''s Conduit Street has resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the manager''s unbreakable rules. But after the turmoil of war in Europe, the world is changing and the women in the shop have plans.The brilliant and stylish Vivien Lowry, still grieving her fiancé who was killed in action, has a long list of grievances, the biggest of which is Alec McDonough, the head of fiction.Loyal Grace Perkins is torn between duty and dreams of her own while struggling to support her family following her husband''s breakdown.Fiercely bright Evie Stone was one of the first female Cambridge students to earn a degree, but was denied an academic position in favour of a less accomplished male rival. Now she plans to remake her own future.As these Bloomsbury Girls interact with literary figures of the time, among them Daphne du Maurier, Samuel Beckett and Peggy Guggenheim, Vivien, Grace and Evie plot out a richer and more rewarding future.

DKK 162.00

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