false 3298088 1 In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain’s upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried “undesirables” across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east. Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain’s distinctly British secret police. It’s his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, and to discover Jews. The midnight knock of a Watchman is the most dreaded sound in the realm. Now, in 1960, a global peace conference is convening in London, where Britain, Germany, and Japan will oversee the final partition of the world. Hitler is once again on British soil. So is the long exiled Duke of Windsor—and the rising gangs of “British Power” streetfighters, who consider the Government “soft,” may be the former king’s bid to stage a coup d’état. Amidst all this, two of the most unlikely persons in the realm will join forces to oppose the fascists: a debutante whose greatest worry until now has been where to find the right string of pearls, and the Watch Commander himself. 3334798 30 9 2008 Half a Crown (Small Change, #3) total:82|5:21|4:43|3:16|2:1|1:1| 82 328 135 25 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 08:02:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 08:03:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 13:21:19 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 01:58:40 -0800 2008
Each book has two main protagonists. One is Carmichael, who is an Inspector in Scotland Yard in the first book and moves into a different job in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:02:49 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 16:01:34 -0700 2009 Half a Crown takes place in the 1960s, in an alternate Europe where fascism and terror hold sway. I found this a better book than the middle one in the trilogy—while I thought the ending was a little too pat, I enjoyed the juxtaposition of Carmichael's th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:06:21 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:11:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 18 14:36:35 -0700 2008 Thu May 07 11:41:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 21:57:24 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 18:27:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 11:21:36 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 14 22:31:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:31:39 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:38:41 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 11:56:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 12:42:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 12 14:24:26 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 21:33:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:50:05 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:53:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 03 13:29:05 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 03 08:37:32 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 13:29:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 02 06:21:16 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:22:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 21:05:49 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:21:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 23 14:07:04 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 14:08:41 -0800 2008 4 0 false true Sat Jan 17 07:52:48 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 17:16:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 07:52:48 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 08:52:34 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 12:22:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 17:58:15 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 17:58:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 19:32:47 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 19:35:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 17:37:28 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 05:44:14 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3298088