September 1940. The sun is shining and in the midst of the good weather Londoners could be mistaken for forgetting their country was at war - until the familiar wail of the air-raid sirens heralds an enemy attack. The Blitz has started and normal life has abruptly ended - but crime has not. That night a man’s body is discovered in an unmarked van in the back streets of West Ham. When Detective Inspector John Jago is called to the scene he recognises the victim: local Justice of the Peace Charles Villiers. The death looks suspicious but then a German bomb obliterates all evidence. War or no war murder is still murder and it’s Jago’s job to find the truth.

Part of the Blitz Detective series.