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As a country teeters on the knife-edge of war and a man's life hangs in the balance, will the Blind Detective identify the true killer in time?\u003c\/p\u003e Allison \u0026amp; Busby are proud to publish a brand new instalment in the Blind Detective series, Murder in Dublin, alongside reissues of Koning's earlier thrilling mysteries Koning's books, in both academic and literary fields, have won awards and attracted great critical success Murder in Dublin follows the injured war veteran and amateur sleuth, Fred Rowlands, as he seeks to protect his friend from a murder accusation","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43717778374834,"sku":"9780749029982","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780749029982_355fd7c5-3f26-424e-8764-97c4bb86cd55.jpg?v=1786014919"},{"product_id":"9780749029531","title":"The Blind Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published as Line of Sight under A. C. Koning. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, summer 1927. Frederick Rowlands, a First World War veteran who was blinded at Ypres, is working as a switchboard operator in the City when an over-heard telephone conversation draws him into a murder case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom then on, his safe and conventional life, painstakingly reconstructed after the horrors he experienced in the trenches, is shaken to its very foundation. As Fred is drawn deeper into a web of lies and half-truths, he must rely on his remaining senses, as well as his remarkable memory, to uncover the shocking truth about the murder which threatens to undermine everything he holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e Allison \u0026amp; Busby are proudly republishing Christina Koning's Blind Detective series (previously published under the name A. C. 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A breakthrough is needed at Bletchley Park where desperate efforts are being made to crack the German Enigma code. This endeavour is suddenly very close to home for Frederick Rowlands, blind veteran of the Great War, when his cryptographer daughter, Margaret, is arrested on suspicion of betraying secrets to the enemy.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen a young woman is found murdered and Rowlands is drawn into a deadly battle of wits where he must decode a series of clues that will lead him to the killer and enable him to discover the real traitor at Bletchley Park.\u003c\/p\u003e Allison \u0026amp; Busby are proud to publish a brand new instalment in the Blind Detective series, \u003ci\u003eMurder at Bletchley Park\u003c\/i\u003e, having successfully reissued Koning's earlier thrilling mysteries Koning's books have won awards and attracted great critical success","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298719478133,"sku":"9780749030735","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780749030735_ff9bc00b-ceb7-4a35-82aa-ea98589bc778.jpg?v=1786014945"},{"product_id":"9780749029494","title":"Murder in Barcelona","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published as \u003ci\u003eTwist of Fate \u003c\/i\u003eunder A. 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Rowlands once met Clara in Berlin twelve years earlier- but the horrors she has endured have changed her beyond recognition, and he must confirm who she really is. But then the investigation is derailed by a shocking death, possibly murder, and Rowlands plunges into the dangerous world of Parisian high society, where secrets linger, loyalties blur and a killer waits in the shadows.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57685786558837,"sku":"9780749032562","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56367788622197,"sku":"9780749032463","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780749032562.jpg?v=1792598973"},{"product_id":"9780749032418","title":"Murder in Oxford","description":"\u003cp\u003eOxford, 1942. 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