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Loading... The Language of the Dead: A World War II Mystery (edition 2015)by Stephen Kelly (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Pretty standard mystery. Enjoyable setting, enough WWII detail to keep interest and set mood. Influence of the”Hamish” type character pretty obvious, but imitation sincerest form of flattery ( ) no reviews | add a review
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German bombers are arriving daily, seeking to crush England. But in a rural Hampshire village, things have remained fairly quiet-until an elderly loner, Will Blackwell, is brutally murdered. The method of his killing bears the hallmarks of the traditional vanquishing of a witch, and indeed, local legend claims that as a boy, Blackwell encountered a ghostly black dog sent from the devil, who struck a bargain for Blackwell's soul. Not long after the murder, a young woman who is carrying the illegitimate child of a fighter pilot also is violently killed; then a local drunkard ends up in the race of an abandoned mill with the back of his head bashed in. As the Germans continue their relentless attack, Detective Inspector Thomas Lamb rushes to solve the crimes. Do the killer's motivations lie in the murky regions of the occult? No library descriptions found. |
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