Blog Tour- A Death in the Afternoon (The Clapham Trilogy Book 2) by Julie Anderson

With thanks to Hobeck for having me on this tour.

What's it about?

Summer 1948

London swelters amid post-war reconstruction, while continued rationing and the black-market fuel the rising crime wave. The empires of gangland bosses grow and thrive, protected by corruption and bribery.

During a party in Clapham a student nurse from the South London Hospital for Women and Children dies in a fall from a balcony. Is it an unfortunate accident as the local police believe? Or something more sinister?

The nurse’s friends ask a newly qualified female detective constable to investigate, a woman who is facing difficulties of her own. Before long all are drawn into the criminals’ deadly games, as gangsters jostle for territory and power. With the solution almost within grasp, their lives are threatened and one of them faces a dreadful fate.

Can the others find her before it’s too late?

And what is the truth about...

Bobs and Books honest review:

From the first few pages I got totally absorbed into this world. Its fantastic to see a woman at the front of a police role in these times, and the attitudes and conversations surrounding this felt apt. I love how this brings feminism to the forefront in such a sharp and compelling way without shying away from some sensitive subject matters. Beryl, Ellie and Faye are forces in their own unstoppable way.

The plot was an intriguing one, and the tangled web as it gets more complex made for interesting reading.

I am already itching for book 3 to see what happens next to these amazing women. This is a real advocate for feminist crime as a genre!

Out 29 April A Death in the Afternoon (The Clapham Trilogy Book 2) eBook : Anderson, Julie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store