Death in a blackout /
Ellicott, Jessica,
Death in a blackout / Jessica Ellicott. - First world edition. - 248 pages ; 23 cm. - A WPC Billie Harkness mystery ; [1] . - Ellicott, Jessica. WPC Billie Harkness mystery. .
"1940. Britain is at war. Rector's daughter Wilhelmina Harkness longs to do her duty for her country, but when her strict mother forbids her to enlist, their bitter argument has devastating consequences. Unable to stay in the village she loves, Wilhelmina - reinventing herself as Billie - spends everything she has on a one-way ticket up north. Hull is a distant, dangerous city, but Billie is determined to leave her painful memories behind and start afresh, whatever the cost. The last thing Billie expects on her first evening in Hull, however, is to be caught in the city's first air raid - or to stumble across the body of a young woman, suspiciously untouched by debris. If the air raid didn't kill the glamorous stranger, what did? Billie is determined to get justice, and her persistence earns her an invitation to the newly formed Women's Police Constabulary. But as the case unfolds, putting her at odds with both high-ranking members of the force as well as the victim's powerful family, Billie begins to wonder if she can trust her new friends and colleagues . . . or if someone amongst them is working for the enemy."--Provided by publisher.
9781448306527 1448306523
GBC1K4280 bnb GBC2D5580 bnb
020417903 Uk 020700514 Uk
World War, 1939-1945--England--Hull--Fiction.
Police--England--Hull--Fiction.
Hull (England)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Death in a blackout / Jessica Ellicott. - First world edition. - 248 pages ; 23 cm. - A WPC Billie Harkness mystery ; [1] . - Ellicott, Jessica. WPC Billie Harkness mystery. .
"1940. Britain is at war. Rector's daughter Wilhelmina Harkness longs to do her duty for her country, but when her strict mother forbids her to enlist, their bitter argument has devastating consequences. Unable to stay in the village she loves, Wilhelmina - reinventing herself as Billie - spends everything she has on a one-way ticket up north. Hull is a distant, dangerous city, but Billie is determined to leave her painful memories behind and start afresh, whatever the cost. The last thing Billie expects on her first evening in Hull, however, is to be caught in the city's first air raid - or to stumble across the body of a young woman, suspiciously untouched by debris. If the air raid didn't kill the glamorous stranger, what did? Billie is determined to get justice, and her persistence earns her an invitation to the newly formed Women's Police Constabulary. But as the case unfolds, putting her at odds with both high-ranking members of the force as well as the victim's powerful family, Billie begins to wonder if she can trust her new friends and colleagues . . . or if someone amongst them is working for the enemy."--Provided by publisher.
9781448306527 1448306523
GBC1K4280 bnb GBC2D5580 bnb
020417903 Uk 020700514 Uk
World War, 1939-1945--England--Hull--Fiction.
Police--England--Hull--Fiction.
Hull (England)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.