The Holborn Murders: Book 6 in the Mayfair 100 series

The Holborn MurdersDecember 1915 is rather cheerless for most of the population of Britain,as the war rumbles on into its second Christmas. The department storesof London are still bulging at the seams, however, with shopperslooking for gifts to send to the men at the Front. Nowhere is morepopular than Gamages store in Holborn, an establishment thatspecialises in appropriate gifts for men and entertainment for children,with its toy displays, Christmas Bazaar and magic shows.However, tragedy strikes in the form of the brutal murder of the store’smagician, in full view of his audience, and the Mayfair 100 team arecalled in to make some discreet enquiries. There follows a furthermurder attempt, whilst they are investigating, but nothing is asshocking as the news that, in the same neighbourhood, a young actress,from the Holborn Empire, has been killed and one of their own teamis implicated in the death.