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The Skeleton Army

Alis Hawkins

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English
Canelo Crime
31 December 2024
Why should the devil have all the best tunes?

The Salvation Army has come prancing and singing from the slums of London to the poorest quarters of Oxford, but along with its red hot gospel preaching and music hall songs it brings a prohibition message which sparks immediate opposition and violence.

An Army soldier

an ex-drunk

is brutally killed and a note suggests that the Salvation Armys shadowy enemy, the Skeleton Army, is responsible.

With the police unwilling to come between the two forces, Non Vaughan, aspiring journalist and great hope of the Oxford womens college movement, and Basil Rice, Jesus College fellow and union-sanctioned guardian of the dead mans family, are compelled to investigate.

But as the threats from both sides escalate, resulting in a second death, Non and Basil realise that they must stop the fighting before it results in an outright war. For with the Universitys annual commemoration week fast approaching, the entire city could be engulfed in fire and blood

An utterly compelling historical mystery, and a fascinating portrait of Victorian Oxford, perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor, C. J. Sansom and Antonia Hodgson.
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Imprint:   Canelo Crime
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 25mm
ISBN:   9781800328594
ISBN 10:   1800328591
Series:   The Oxford Mysteries
Pages:   432
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

A former speech and language therapist and current freelance writer and editor, Alis Hawkins is a founding member of Welsh crime writers collective, Crime Cymru, and chair of Waless only crime fiction festival, Gyl CRIME CYMRU Festival. She has twice been shortlisted for the CWA's Historical Dagger.

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