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Name: Season of Darkness

Author: Maureen Jennings
Year: 2011
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Genres/categories:
Mystery, Historical fiction, War/Military
Culture: Canada

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ISBNs:
9781522605591
1522605592

In the darkest days of the Second World War, following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps such as Prees Heath, near Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole Detective Inspector.

Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. When one girl is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler is almost glad for the distraction from other troubles. His rural posting is dull. A lover has reappeared and turned his emotions upside down. His soldier son seems utterly changed by Dunkirk. His daughter is an unhappy 16. And he is uneasy becoming allied to a Prees Heath internee, a psychiatrist claiming expertise on the criminal mind.