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In post-war London, Gabriel Book, a literary enthusiast and bookseller, combines his day job with his favorite hobby — helping solve knotty murder cases. Although happily married to his best friend, Trottie, Book is a gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal. When a new assistant, Jack, arrives at the bookshop, it soon becomes clear his appointment wasn’t as random as it at first seems.

As tension builds and the hotel staff rebel, can Book unmask Captain Orr’s murderer?
Exiled royalty, a poisoning and Trottie as a suspect. Is this Book’s toughest case yet?
Book and his team race to unmask the film-set killer before they can strike again.
Extras
A film crew takes over Archangel Lane, bringing both glamour and murder to Book’s door.
The bombsite skeletons yield vital new evidence and Harkup’s killer is brought to book.
A bookshop owner helps the police solve the knottiest of murders in post-war London.