A Dark Blue Perfume - A man with a gun and nothing left to live for brings this chilling tale to a fatal, but unexpected, climax. Hare’s House - Could simply knowing about the first murder in Hare’s house really have led Norman to a copy-cat crime? This collection also includes - The Whistler, Bribery and Corruption, The Orchard Walls and The Convolvulus Clock.
The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.