Last Rights by Barbara Nadel - 2005

Headline Book Publishing, 1993. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

US: Headline Publishing Group, 2005. Paperback. Good. Francis H is an undertaker in the London Borough of West Ham in the 1940s. The Second World War is in full swing and the Borough is being pounded on a nightly basis by the German Luftwaffe. Francis H is a World War 1 veteran so he also has to deal with the continuing fears and delusions that still h aunt him from the trenches of Flanders. One night, in the middle of a raid, Francis meets what appears to be a madman running across the rubble scream ing about being stabbed. But Francis can see no sign of blood on the man, s o he passes him by. However, two days later the man's body turns up at Fran cis' parlour. So begins a frightening sequence of events that has Francis H pitted against violent thugs, an almost impenetrable network of secrets an d his own fragile sanity.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Headline, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Headline, 2005. Paperback. Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.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 as 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 as he finds himself pitted against violent thugs, an impenetrable network of lies and his own fragile sanity, he realises that there are people who want the truth to stay dead and buried.This is Francis… Read More