Murder in Belgravia: A Mayfair 100 murder mystery (Mayfair 100 series)

Murder in Belgravia: A Mayfair 100 murder mystery (Mayfair 100 series) by Brittney, Lynn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781907324826.

PERFECT FOR FANS OF COSY CRIME, DOWNTON ABBEY, FOYLE’S WAR AND THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE. This novel is the first in an exciting new Mayfair 100 series of nostalgic crime sagas. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, Mayfair 100 is the telephone number for a small specially-formed crime busting team based in a house in Mayfair, London. It is June 1915. Just 10 months into the First World War, the City is flooded with women taking over the work vacated by men who are now serving in the Armed Services. Chief Inspector Peter Beech, a young man invalided out of the war in one of the first battles, is faced with investigating the murder of an aristocrat and the man’s wife, a key witness and suspect, will only speak to a woman about the unpleasant details of the case. After persuading the Chief Commissioner to allow him to set up a clandestine team to deal with such situations, Beech puts together a small motley crew of well-educated women and professional policemen. As Beech, Victoria, Caroline, Rigsby and Tollman investigate the murder, they delve into the seedier parts of wartime London, taking them from criminal gangs to brothels and underground drug rings supplying heroin to the upper classes. Will the Mayfair 100 team solve the murder? And if they do, will they be allowed to continue working as a team? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lynn Brittney, a writer for almost 30 years, had her first novel shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Book Prize; Brandford Boase Award and Doncaster Book Prize.