A01=Jim Eldridge
Author_Jim Eldridge
Canterbury Cathedral
Category=FFH
Crime
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forthcoming
Historical
Jim Eldridge
London
Mystery
Wartime
World War Two
Product details
- ISBN 9780749032913
- Dimensions: 134 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Allison & Busby
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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May 1941. Both the centre of London and rural Kent continue to take a battering from German bombers. Canterbury and its distinctive cathedral are among the hardest hit. The landmark and holy site is the
scene of further tragedy when Canon Walter de la Coeur is found savagely bludgeoned to death on the exact spot where Thomas Becket also met his end centuries before.
Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called in from Scotland Yard and must sift through the dead man's responsibilities for the cathedral's finances, as well as his private life. But their quest to find the killer is hampered when the deadly force of the Blitz strikes very close to home.
Jim Eldridge was born in central London towards the end of World War II, and survived attacks by V2 rockets on the King's Cross area where he lived. In 1971 he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and had his first book commissioned. Since then he has had more than one hundred books published, with sales of over three million copies. He lives in Kent with his wife.
