📮 Francis Hancock Series by Barbara Nadel (.ePUB)

Francis Hancock is the lead character in a series of novels written by an American author of mystery & thrillers novels Barbara Nadel. Francis Hancock is an undertaker during the 1940’s and Second World War, London, England. Additionally, he is also a WWI vet suffering from symptoms of what today would be known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Barbara Nadel began publication of Francis Hancock series in 2005 when Last Rights, the first book in the series was published. Francis Hancock series lasted four novels concluding in 2009 when Sure and Certain Death was published. Barbara Nadel’s novel Ashes to Ashes and Sure and Certain Death won the London Borough of Redbridge “Big Red Read” for the best book the year in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

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1 Last Rights (2005)

1 Last Rights (2005) October 1940. The London borough of West Ham is in the grip of yet another night of bombing, and undertaker Francis Hancock is in the grip of yet another night of temporary insanity. A veteran of World War One, Francis is forced by the nightly air raids to relive the trauma of the trenches, and all he can do is try to outrun the horrific flashbacks. So when he sees a man lurching through the rubble, screaming about being stabbed but with no visible wound, Francis dismisses it at the ravings of another lost soul... until the man's body turns up at his funeral parlour, two days later. Suspecting foul play, Francis feels compelled to discover what really happened that night - but he finds himself pitted against violent thugs, an impenetrable network of lies and his own fragile sanity.

2 After the Mourning (2006)

2 After the Mourning (2006) In the dark days of the Blitz, crime goes undercover … Undertaker Francis Hancock has seen the worst that humanity can do to itself. Why then does the murder of a young gypsy girl in Epping Forest move him so much? Travellers, gypsies, the homeless, deserters and German spies inhabit this stretch of open ground that was once her home. Francis knows it’s not wise to delve into this human melting pot, but he is drawn to the exotic customs of the gypsies, their music and magic. But as he investigates the girl’s murder further, the death toll rises and Francis uncovers a much bigger conspiracy, at the heart of which lies something even Adolf Hitler is prepared to kill for …

3 Ashes to Ashes (2008)

3 Ashes to Ashes (2008) As the German Luftwaffe bomb the capital, undertaker Francis Hancock suddenly finds himself caught up in the middle of a terrifying abduction plot. It's 29 December, 1940, the night that Hitler has chosen to destroy London under a barrage of flaming incendiary bombs. Their main target - St Paul's cathedral - is where Hancock is sheltering from the onslaught. But the First World War veteran doesn't just have bombs to contend with; a young girl, who was also sheltering in the cathedral, has vanished. Then some of those charged with protecting the building are brutally murdered. Hancock must face his own demons and fears in his struggle to catch those responsible and bring them to justice...

4 Sure and Certain Death (2009)

4 Sure and Certain Death (2009) The chilling new World War Two crime mystery by the award-winning author Barbara Nadel; fourth in the highly popular Francis Hancock series. East London, 1940: Francis Hancock finds the brutally eviscerated body of a woman in a derelict house. Francis' sister, Nancy, knew the victim. Then, shockingly, two more murders follow. Rumours start to spread through the East End about another Jack the Ripper. When a fourth woman is murdered, Nancy admits that she knew all of the victims, and Francis sets out to find the killer, discovering a trail of murderous resentment that goes back decades...

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