Hardcastle's Spy (Hardcastle Mysteries)
World War I is raging on the continent, but in London it's street crime as usual: a young woman dressed in prostitute's clothing has been found murdered. The case is assigned to the intrepid Detective Inspector Hardcastle, but before he can begin his investigation, he's told to report to the head of MI5, Britain's intelligence-gathering institution. There, he learns that the murdered woman was a suspected German spy who had sex with everyone from soldiers to government ministers. She was being observed by MI5, and they want Hardcastle to stay out of their way. When the woman's killer is handed to Hardcastle on a platter, he suspects MI5 is trying to keep him from delving too deeply into the case, but when a second woman is murdered, he decides he can no longer allow the spymasters to control his investigation. An entertaining, wryly humorous, skillfully written police procedural starring a copper who's as curmudgeonly as Inspector Morse, as intelligent as Sherlock Holmes, and as wily as Hercule Poirot.Emily MeltonCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved