Murder on the Home Front
a gripping murder mystery set during the Blitz - now on Netflix!
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:14th Mar '13
Should be back in stock very soon

* Targeted consumer push capitalizing on ITV drama
The remarkable memoir of Molly Lefebure, secretary to the Home Office's chief forensic pathologist during the Second World War. The TV adaptation now available on Netflix!
The remarkable true story, as seen in the brilliant TV adaptation now showing on Netflix!
Murder on the Home Front follows Molly Lefebure as she navigates working for the Home Office's chief forensic pathologist while living in a bomb-stricken London during the second world war.
One ordinary day in 1941, forensic pathologist Dr Keith Simpson asks a keen young journalist to be his secretary. Although the 'horrors of secretarial work' don't appeal to Molly Lefebure, she's intrigued to find out exactly what goes on behind a mortuary door.
Capable and curious, 'Miss Molly' quickly becomes indispensible to Dr Simpson as he meticulously pursues the truth. Accompanying him from sombre morgues to London's most gruesome crime scenes, Molly observes and assists the investigations into murders which, despite the war around them, are still being perpetrated.
Gripping . . . like a pitch-dark version of Call the Midwife, dealing with the end of life rather than the beginning. * Sunday Mirror *
A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at mid-century crime-fighting * Independent *
Lefebure's youthful bravery shines through, while the grim conditions showcase her terrific wit.
Preserves like a frozen capsule the British grin-and-bear-it spirit and vocabulary of the WWII years.
ISBN: 9780751552041
Dimensions: 200mm x 130mm x 22mm
Weight: 246g
288 pages