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    The London Blitz Murders
    The London Blitz Murders
    The London Blitz Murders
    Audiobook5 hours

    The London Blitz Murders

    Written by Max Allan Collins

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    By day, she’s Mrs. Mallowan, hospital pharmacist. By night, she’s Agatha Christie, queen of crime.

    Doing her part for the war effort, Agatha dispenses medicine in shell-shocked London. But the world’s most renowned mystery writer is troubled. Compared to the horrors of World War II, her detective novels seem trivial and quaint. When a Jack the Ripper–style murderer strikes, Agatha lobbies her friend, forensics expert Sir Bernard Spilsbury, to take her to the crime scenes. But the killings are far more gruesome than any that her fictional detectives have ever solved. Can a crime writer also be a crime fighter? Joining forces with London’s top investigators, Agatha risks her life to stop the monstrous serial killer.

    With this ripped-from-the-headlines mystery, author Max Allan Collins presents a blood-stained valentine to the most celebrated author of detective fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 11, 2012
    ISBN9781469248219
    The London Blitz Murders
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    Max Allan Collins

    Max Allan Collins is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. He is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller thrillers and the graphic novel Road to Perdition, basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks. His innovative Quarry novels led to a 2016 Cinemax series. He has completed a dozen posthumous Mickey Spillane mysteries, and wrote the syndicated Dick Tracy series for more than fifteen years. His one-man show, Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life, was an Edgar Award finalist. He lives in Iowa.

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    • 4/5
      Very good entry in series, still like the conceit of the series, Mrs Mallowan was a very interesting character who knew some really interesting people.
    • 5/5
      Agatha Christie tracks down a killer during the London Blitz. Excellent story by Max Allen Collins who has a series of stories that combine celebrity sleuths and historical events, which includes in this case a rather well-known series of murders little-heard-of in the US. I'm a sucker for this stuff and was quite entertained.
    • 4/5
      M.A. Collins may be better known for his CSI series, but this was well done. Enjoyable and with twists, set during wartime. A good Brit read.
    • 4/5
      This novel involves Agatha Christie helping the police to solve the real life Blackout Ripper sequence of murders, involving the slaying of several women, some (though not all) of whom were prostitutes, in London in 1942. Unlike in the case of his much more famous namesake, one or two of his intended victims managed to escape his clutches, thus facilitating his easy identification and capture (indeed, the murders, investigation, capture, trial and execution all took place over a total period of only four months). Agatha Christie was in London at the time, though her involvement in the investigation is fictional; indeed, it seems rather offhand and it is difficult to believe that the police would ever believe it would help their efforts to track down the killer by involving a celebrity author. I found the novel a bit slow to start and there were some slightly tedious theatrical episodes in the first third, but it took off in the second half which I raced through quickly. Most of the characters were real people, including the murder victims and near victims. Interesting for the light it sheds on Christie, though I didn't enjoy this as much as the author's Titanic Murders. 3.5/5
    • 4/5
      Collins inserts into the WWII London air raids the London serial killer who strikes women during the forced blackouts ala Jack the Ripper. The detectives from Scotland Yard are assisted by Agatha Christie (Mrs. Mallowan) who befriends the world renowned pathologist Bernard Spilsbury investigating the case. Great mix of facts and fantasy for a suspenseful story although the scene near the end with Mrs. Mallowan and the killer was a little hard for even a AC fan to swallow. Great, great book!