October 1940. Bombs are falling on Stratford when air-raid warden Sylvia Parks sees a house with a light shining like a beacon to the enemy aircraft overhead violating the strict blackout regulations. With no answer at the door she manages to break in only to discover the body of a young woman - and she's been strangled with a stocking. For Detective Inspector John Jago the scene brings back memories of the gruesome Soho Strangler who murdered four women in the mid-1930s but has never been caught. Is there a connection? As the investigation develops it leads him into a web of family jealousies violence robbery and the underworld of political terrorism.

Part of the Blitz Detective series.