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The American Suspect: The thrilling wartime mystery

by Jim Kelly

Hardback £22
Published 19th March 2026
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October, 1942. Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Nazi Germany and Cambridge’s dance halls and pubs are a hot spot for Yanks on leave. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke is called to the aerodrome east of the city when the remains of an airman, identified by his dog tag, are uncovered by workers extending the runway. However, this is no recent burial. A fresh murder means that a black US serviceman faces the hangman’s noose, but Brooke sees through the clouds of tension and prejudice and believes he sees an innocent man.

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The American Suspect: The thrilling wartime mystery
by Jim Kelly

ISBN
9780749032647

Publisher
Allison & Busby

Binding
Hardback

Publication date
March 19, 2026

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