River of Darkness - Rennie Airth

The Dead of Winter - Rennie Airth

in the middle of a major city at war put a different spin on solving a crime and I d never read anything quite like it until I came across Rennie Airth s The Dead of Winter , which was set under similar circumstances. During the blackout, an Air Raid Warden in London bumps into a young woman out alone. A short while later, he literally stumbles across her dead body. It appears to be a crime without motive and with very few clues. With police resources already stretched by the war and by criminals taking advantage of it, it s a crime that looks likely to remain unsolved. Especially as witnesses are murdered almost as quickly as the police can find them. However, ...

The Dead of Winter - Rennie Airth

in the middle of a major city at war put a different spin on solving a crime and I d never read anything quite like it until I came across Rennie Airth s The Dead of Winter , which was set under similar circumstances. During the blackout, an Air Raid Warden in London bumps into a young woman out alone. A short while later, he literally stumbles across her dead body. It appears to be a crime without motive and with very few clues. With police resources already stretched by the war and by criminals taking advantage of it, it s a crime that looks likely to remain unsolved. Especially as witnesses are murdered almost as quickly as the police can find them. However, ...