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Murder on the home front : a true story of morgues, murderers, and mysteries during the London Blitz / Molly Lefebure. --
Record details
- ISBN: 1455576069 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781455576067 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Grand Central Pub. ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2014, c1955.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Great Britain : Heinemann Books, 1954. "Previously published as: Evidence for the crown"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 16.00 |
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| Subject: | Lefebure, Molly. Simpson, Keith, 1907-1985. Medical jurisprudence > England > London. London (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 614.10941 Lef | 31681002588358 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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The author recounts her experiences as secretary to a forensic pathologist in 1941 London, as she accompanied him to morgues and the most gruesome crime scenes in the city. - Grand Central PubIt is 1941. While the "war of chaos" rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below.
One ordinary day, in an ordinary courtroom, 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 know 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 somber morgues to London's most gruesome crime scenes, Molly observes and assists as he uncovers the dark secrets that all murder victims keep.
With a sharp sense of humor and a rebellious spirit, Molly tells her own remarkable true story here with warmth and wit, painting a vivid portrait of wartime London.
