{"id":595,"date":"2016-09-23T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/23\/book-review-fifth-column\/"},"modified":"2016-09-23T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:54:00","slug":"book-review-fifth-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/23\/book-review-fifth-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Fifth Column"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At first glance, the young woman found in the early hours of the morning where bombs have landed is just another casualty of the previous night’s air raid. But when the post-mortem shows signs of strangulation, Detective Inspector Jago is called on to investigate.<\/p>\n

The dead woman is smartly dressed but carries no identification. However, a local engineering company reports a staff member has failed to appear at work that morning and the body is quickly identified as that of Miss Mary Watkins.<\/p>\n

DI Jago’s initial interviews yield little fruit; no one can think of a reason why Mary would be murdered. But as the investigation continues DI Jago begins to uncover a trail of deception and betrayal.<\/p>\n

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\nAs someone who has read everything Agatha Christie has ever written and every Sherlock known to man, I couldn’t resist a good mystery when it was offered to me. I’m glad I didn’t. While it took me a little bit to get into it, by the time I reached the end, I was regretting that I hadn’t read the first book in this series.<\/p>\n

Let me explain. This book is the second book in the Blitz Detective series. Why did I regret not reading the first book? Not because I needed to for this one to make sense, but because this one was good enough to make me want to go back. The author does a fantastic job of painting a picture of what London was like during the blitz. The characters were real and there were plenty of them for you to try to figure out the “whodunnit”. I’ll confess! I figured out tiny pieces of it but the whole picture took me by surprise. For me, those are the best kind!<\/p>\n

So, if you get a chance to pick up this book, I can happily say that I think you should!<\/p>\n

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I received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments, and opinions are my own.<\/i>
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