A wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to
...Meet Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel: fierce, dependable, & committed to her job.
Relocated to a quiet rural town,
...
They call them custard tarts – the girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard & jelly factory. But now the custard tarts are up in arms, striking for better conditions.
Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. She has the most desperate struggle to make ends meet, often going hungry to feed her little brothers.
Two men vie for Nellies love. One is flamboyant, confident & a chancer. The other is steady, truthful & loyal. But the choice is not as easy as it might seem.
Looming over them all – over Bermondsey, over the factory, over the custard tarts & their lives & loves – is the shadow of the First World War. & that will change everything & everyone.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781788543842
• Author: Mary Gibson
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 406
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm