The information officer
Subtitle: a novel
By: Mark Mills
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781400068180; 9781588369109
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; World War, 1939-1945; British; Fiction
Description: Max Chadwick is the British officer charged with manipulating the news on Malta in 1942 to bolster the population's fragile esprit de corps.  When he learns of the brutal murder of a young island woman, along with the evidence that the crime was committed by a British officer, he knows that the Maltese loyalty to the war effort could be instantly shattered unless he can solve the crime quickly.