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The Holborn Murders
December 1915 is rather cheerless for most of the population of Britain,
as the war rumbles on into its second Christmas. The department stores
of London are still bulging at the seams, however, with shoppers
looking for gifts to send to the men at the Front. Nowhere is more
popular than Gamages store in Holborn, an establishment that
specialises in appropriate gifts for men and entertainment for children,
with its toy displays, Christmas Bazaar and magic shows.
However, tragedy strikes in the form of the brutal murder of the store’s
magician, in full view of his audience, and the Mayfair 100 team are
called in to make some discreet enquiries. There follows a further
murder attempt, whilst they are investigating, but nothing is as
shocking as the news that, in the same neighbourhood, a young actress,
from the Holborn Empire, has been killed and one of their own team
is implicated in the death.
Genre: Historical Mystery
December 1915 is rather cheerless for most of the population of Britain,
as the war rumbles on into its second Christmas. The department stores
of London are still bulging at the seams, however, with shoppers
looking for gifts to send to the men at the Front. Nowhere is more
popular than Gamages store in Holborn, an establishment that
specialises in appropriate gifts for men and entertainment for children,
with its toy displays, Christmas Bazaar and magic shows.
However, tragedy strikes in the form of the brutal murder of the store’s
magician, in full view of his audience, and the Mayfair 100 team are
called in to make some discreet enquiries. There follows a further
murder attempt, whilst they are investigating, but nothing is as
shocking as the news that, in the same neighbourhood, a young actress,
from the Holborn Empire, has been killed and one of their own team
is implicated in the death.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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