The Streets of Town
September, 1940.
Chaos and mistrust reign as the terrifying Blitz begins.
Detective Sergeant Suzie Mountford is back with a brand new case in the London suburb of Camford.
After a local restaurant owner, Carlo Falconetti, has his fingers broken mysteriously and a local punter, Buller Belcher, is found dead, supposedly murdered by a group of drunk military men, WDS Suzie Mountford is assigned the case.
But something doesn’t add up and Mountford’s attention is turned to the Balvak twins, Connie and Conrad, who appear more and more suspicious and lethal than ever.
Camford’s bars and clubs are run by the notorious gangster twins and their criminal activities have given them a dangerous reputation.
Their notable cronies are just as deadly; Shady Porky Pine, Matthew 'Newcastle' Brown and the Trinity Building Co. trio , Dave, Dick and Derek, are causing a storm.
The Balvak’s cut throat justice and mob rules apply to even their closest companions.
When they discover that their right hand man and accountant Little Nell is stealing money from them, his life is in serious danger…
Mountford must navigate her way through a web of corruption and misleading evidence while protecting and hiding a witness of the murder, a terrified waitress named Sybil.
With the help of her lover Tommy Livermore, Suzie must uncover the truth and bring the Balvak twins to justice.
But is Tommy and Suzie’s relationship put in jeopardy when Tommy visits the beautiful Molly Abelard?
How will Suzie cope with the office politics in the police department and complications in her love life?
And who is the mysterious Ghoul that only appears late at night to retrieve the dead from the wreckage?
What connection does this spirit have to the case? Will his strange appearances aid Suzie before she runs out of time...?
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John Gardner
John Edmund Gardner was a British novelist. He was born in the village of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland as the son of a clergyman. He briefly attended Cottham’s Preparatory School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1931, and after the family had moved to Wantage in Berkshire in 1933, King Alfred’s School 1934–1943. He joined the Home Guard at the start of the Second World War and in 1943 the Royal Marines. He left the army four years later as his father wanted him to read theology. He earned his BA at St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1950 and completed his degree at Oxford. Gardner was ordained into the Anglican Church in 1953.
Suzie Mountford
Suzie Mountford consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
