Introducing the latest fictional sleuth - Scotland Yard's Inspector Alun Ryga
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IN THE COVE introduces Inspector Alun Ryga. It is set in 1950, England,
a country still suffering the physical and mental scars of six years of
war in the grip of austerity and rationing. Recently promoted to
Inspector at Scotland Yard, Ryga,a former Merchant Navy seaman and
German prisoner-of-war is despatched to the Island of Portland in Dorset
to solve an unusual and baffling case.
The 1950s is a fascinating period where memories of the war are very
strong, and the fear of more world conflicts haunt people. Society and
policing in the 1950s was vastly different to today, no mobile phones,
no dashing about and no computers so it was extremely interesting to
research and write.
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Published on July 19, 2019 00:01