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Beware This Boy

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

Paperback $17.95

Jun 03, 2014 | ISBN 9780771043192

Paperback $22.99

Nov 06, 2012 | ISBN 9780771043130

Ebook $9.99

Nov 06, 2012 | ISBN 9780771043147

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    About Beware This Boy

    This second book in Maureen Jennings’ terrific new mystery series brings England during World War II vividly alive: a must for fans of the author’s own beloved Murdoch Mysteries and of Foyle’s War.
         The summer of 1940 had been a dark one for England, and even darker for DI Tom Tyler’s personal life. When several young women doing dangerous war work are killed in an explosion in a Birmingham munitions factory, Tyler is quick to help out. But as he talks to the remaining employees, the owner, and others connected with the factory, divisions begin to appear, and Tyler fears that what first seemed a tragic accident may be the result of something much more sinister, organized, and far-reaching.
         The rich sense of England during the era of the Blitz, pitch-perfect dialogue, and vivid characters — not least the rough-around-the-edges charmer Tom Tyler — make Beware This Boy another classic page-turner from master storyteller Maureen Jennings.

    About Beware This Boy

    November, 1940. Tom Tyler, Detective Inspector of the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch, is a troubled man. The preceding summer had been a dark one for Britain, and even darker for Tom’s own family and personal life. So he jumps at the opportunity to help out in the nearby city of Birmingham, where an explosion in a munitions factory has killed or badly injured several of the young women who have taken on dangerous work in support of the war effort.

    At first, it seems more than likely the explosion was an accident, and Tom has only been called in because the forces are stretched thin. But as he talks to the employees of the factory, inner divisions — between the owner and his employees, between unionists and workers who fear communist infiltration — begin to appear. Put that together with an AWOL young soldier who unwittingly puts all those he loves at risk and a charming American documentary filmmaker who may be much more than he seems, and you have a page-turning novel that bears all the hallmarks of Maureen Jennings’ extraordinary talent: a multi-faceted mystery, vivid characters, snappy dialogue, and a pitch-perfect sense of the era of the Blitz, when the English were pushed to their limits and responded with a courage and resilience that still inspires.

    About Beware This Boy

    November, 1940. Tom Tyler, Detective Inspector of the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch, is a troubled man. The preceding summer had been a dark one for Britain, and even darker for Tom’s own family and personal life. So he jumps at the opportunity to help out in the nearby city of Birmingham, where an explosion in a munitions factory has killed or badly injured several of the young women who have taken on dangerous work in support of the war effort.

    At first, it seems more than likely the explosion was an accident, and Tom has only been called in because the forces are stretched thin. But as he talks to the employees of the factory, inner divisions — between the owner and his employees, between unionists and workers who fear communist infiltration — begin to appear. Put that together with an AWOL young soldier who unwittingly puts all those he loves at risk and a charming American documentary filmmaker who may be much more than he seems, and you have a page-turning novel that bears all the hallmarks of Maureen Jennings’ extraordinary talent: a multi-faceted mystery, vivid characters, snappy dialogue, and a pitch-perfect sense of the era of the Blitz, when the English were pushed to their limits and responded with a courage and resilience that still inspires.

    Also by Maureen Jennings

    Except the Dying
    Let Darkness Bury the Dead
    The Complete Murdoch Mysteries Collection
    A Journeyman to Grief
    Vices of My Blood
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    Also by Maureen Jennings

    Except the Dying
    Let Darkness Bury the Dead
    The Complete Murdoch Mysteries Collection
    A Journeyman to Grief
    Vices of My Blood
    See all books by Maureen Jennings

    Also by Maureen Jennings

    Except the Dying
    Let Darkness Bury the Dead
    The Complete Murdoch Mysteries Collection
    A Journeyman to Grief
    Vices of My Blood
    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: Mystery & Thriller | Military Fiction

    Paperback | $17.95
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Jun 03, 2014 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780771043192

    Category: Mystery & Thriller | Military Fiction

    Paperback | $22.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Nov 06, 2012 | 320 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780771043130

    Category: Mystery & Thriller | Military Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Nov 06, 2012 | 416 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780771043147

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    Praise

     • “Amazingly vivid and terribly real. . . . When [Jennings] takes the story underground during an air raid . . . readers might want to duck their heads and take cover.” — New York Times Book Review
     • “Great historical detail, solid characters and a really good plot . . . another winner for Jennings. Fans of the Foyle’s War TV series should rejoice.” — Globe and Mail
     • “As fine a piece of historical mystery writing as [you are] likely to come across. An extraordinary piece of storytelling.” — Hamilton Spectator
     • “It’s among Jennings’ gifts that all her people are painted in full colours, each comprehensibly human, [and] Tom Tyler is the most complete and human of them all — smart, empathetic, yearning, mournful and fair. . . . Verges on classic war-fiction status.” — London Free Press

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