David Young 
Death in Blitz City 
The brilliant WWII crime thriller from the author of Stasi Child

The brand new 2022 historical crime thriller from the award-winning author of STASI CHILD.





*** ‚A tense, smartly plotted new police procedural‘ – DAILY MAIL ***





1942. HULL, EAST YORKSHIR E – It is the most heavily bombed city outside of London, but for the sake of national morale the Hull Blitz is kept top secret.



Newly posted Detective Chief Inspector Ambrose Swift cannot believe the devastation he finds. But for Swift and his deputies – Sergeant Jim ‚Little‘ Weighton and Women’s Police Auxiliary Kathleen Carver – it’s murder, not the war, that looms large.



When a series of sadistic killings is blamed on locally-stationed American GIs, Swift soon discovers not all is what it seems. The stench of racism and corruption goes to the very top.



But finding the real killer will prove just as dangerous as the falling bombs. Because powerful forces cannot let the war effort be undermined – not even by the truth . . .

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Praise for David Young:





‚Excellent‘ –
The Times




‚Thrilling‘ – William Ryan



‚Masterful‘ –
Daily Express



‚Fast-paced‘ –
The Sun



‚Superb. Reminded me of Robert Harris at his best‘ – Mason Cross



‚Up there with Martin Cruz Smith and the other greats of the field‘ – Abir Mukherjee

Über den Autor

East Yorkshire-born David Young began his East German-set crime series on a creative writing MA at London’s City University when Stasi Child – his debut – won the course prize. The novel went on to win the 2016 CWA Historical Dagger, and both it and the 2017 follow-up, Stasi Wolf, were longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His novels have been sold in eleven territories round the world. Before becoming a full-time author, David was a senior journalist with the BBC’s international radio and TV newsrooms for more than 25 years. He writes in his Twickenham garden shed and in a caravan on the Isle of Wight. The Stasi Game, his sixth novel, is available to pre-order now. You can follow him on Twitter @djy_writer