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Season of Darkness

By Maureen Jennings

By Maureen Jennings

By Maureen Jennings

By Maureen Jennings

By Maureen Jennings

By Maureen Jennings

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Part of Tom Tyler Mystery Series

Part of Tom Tyler Mystery Series

Part of Tom Tyler Mystery Series

Category: Crime Fiction

Category: Crime Fiction

Category: Crime Fiction

Paperback $17.95

Sep 25, 2012 | ISBN 9780771043284

Paperback $22.95

Aug 02, 2011 | ISBN 9780771043253

Ebook $9.99

Aug 02, 2011 | ISBN 9780771043277

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    About Season of Darkness

    In 1940, England is desperate and fearful. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such is on Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector.
     
    When a young women is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler — who has no shortage of troubles of his own — finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees, a psychiatrist, who claims to be an expert on the criminal mind.

    About Season of Darkness

    The creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire, England, in the darkest days of the Second World War.

    Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector.

    Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. When one of these young women is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler is almost glad for the challenge; he has been fretting for some time about the dullness of policing in a rural community. In addition, a former lover has reappeared and turned his emotions upside down; his soldier son seems utterly changed by his experience at Dunkirk; and his sixteen year old daughter is unhappy. As he pursues the murderer, Tyler finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees, a psychiatrist, who claims to be an expert on the criminal mind.

    About Season of Darkness

    The creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire, England, in the darkest days of the Second World War.

    Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector.

    Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. When one of these young women is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler is almost glad for the challenge; he has been fretting for some time about the dullness of policing in a rural community. In addition, a former lover has reappeared and turned his emotions upside down; his soldier son seems utterly changed by his experience at Dunkirk; and his sixteen year old daughter is unhappy. As he pursues the murderer, Tyler finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees, a psychiatrist, who claims to be an expert on the criminal mind.

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    Also by Maureen Jennings

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    See all books by Maureen Jennings

    Also by Maureen Jennings

    Except the Dying
    Let Darkness Bury the Dead
    Beware This Boy
    The Complete Murdoch Mysteries Collection
    A Journeyman to Grief
    See all books by Maureen Jennings

    About Maureen Jennings

    Born in England, MAUREEN JENNINGS emigrated to Canada as a teenager. The first Detective Murdoch mystery was published in 1997. Six more followed, all to enthusiastic reviews. In 2003, Shaftesbury Films adapted three of the novels into movies of the… More about Maureen Jennings

    About Maureen Jennings

    Born in England, MAUREEN JENNINGS emigrated to Canada as a teenager. The first Detective Murdoch mystery was published in 1997. Six more followed, all to enthusiastic reviews. In 2003, Shaftesbury Films adapted three of the novels into movies of the… More about Maureen Jennings

    About Maureen Jennings

    Born in England, MAUREEN JENNINGS emigrated to Canada as a teenager. The first Detective Murdoch mystery was published in 1997. Six more followed, all to enthusiastic reviews. In 2003, Shaftesbury Films adapted three of the novels into movies of the… More about Maureen Jennings

    Product Details

    Category: Crime Fiction

    Paperback | $17.95
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Sep 25, 2012 | 416 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780771043284

    Category: Crime Fiction

    Paperback | $22.95
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Aug 02, 2011 | 416 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780771043253

    Category: Crime Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Aug 02, 2011 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9780771043277

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    Praise

    “Master storyteller and screenwriter Jennings . . . launches a trilogy with this superb entry. Readers will be swept away by the sagalike tone and the characters’ singular problems and traits. . . . Think the British television series Foyle’s War for comparison.”
    —Library Journal (starred review)
     
    “A fine mystery. . . . [DI Tom Tyler] has a vulnerable side that makes him a character whom readers will want to know better as this series continues.”
    —Halifax Chronicle-Herald
     
    “Jennings’s portrait of a society under threat . . . is engrossing.”
    —Globe and Mail
     
    Tom Tyler . . . is just as complex and appealing as Murdoch. . . . [Season of Darkness] stacks up well against other fine and compelling literature set during the Second World War.”
    —Joan Barfoot, in the London Free Press

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