City of Dreadful Night (The Brighton Trilogy Book 1)
by Peter Guttridge
Genres
Publication date
- April 1, 2011
“Be prepared for a long night. Guttridge combines period mystery, police procedure and noir in a fascinating tale whose only blemish is that you’ll have to wait for the next in the series in its resolution” ― Kirkus Reviews, (Starred Review)
The first gripping mystery in the Brighton Trilogy.
July 1934. A woman’s torso is found in a trunk at Brighton railway station’s lost luggage office. Her identity is never established, her killer never caught. But someone is keeping a diary…
July 2009. Ambitious radio journalist Kate Simpson hopes to solve the notorious Brighton Trunk Murder, and she enlists the help of ex-Chief Constable Robert Watts, whose role in the recent botched armed-police operation in Milldean, Brighton’s notorious no-go area, cost him his job. But it’s only a matter of time before past and present collide…
