Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

Book: The Stratford Murder (July 2021)

By Mike Hollow

July 20, 2021

October, 1940.  Bombs are falling on Stratford when air-raid warden Sylvia Parks sees a house with a shining light, in clear breach of the city’s strict blackout rules.  With no answer at the door she manages to break in, only to discover the body of a young woman, strangled to death with a stocking.

For Detective Inspector John Jago, the scene brings back memories of the gruesome Soho Strangler, who murdered four women a few years ago but has never been caught – could there be a connection?

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