Under Cover of Darkness (Paperback)

Prequel novella to the DI Matthew Stannard detective fiction series!

London, 1914. A woman is attacked and left for dead. The attack is reported and noted by an eager new recruit to the Metropolitan Police Force.

In a flat in Hoxton, an arson attack is planned by two young women eager to further the Suffragette cause.

PC Matthew Stannard is struggling to come to terms with the realities of being a policeman. Discovering the body of the Bloomsbury's killer's second victim, he tries to further the investigation but is given short shrift by the detectives in CID.

Meanwhile, his patrol partner is exposing him to corrupt practices and behaviour unbecoming to a police officer.

Matters come to a head when Matthew must decide whether to stand by his colleagues or lie and turn his back on them in pursuit of justice.