“Few would have seen Solomon and realised they were looking at one of wartime London’s top gangsters. With his receding hairline, thick-lenses spectacles, sober tie and dark two-piece suit, he resembled a local bank manager, accountant or shop owner.” WarFactsLiteratureFictionLiesHistorical FictionSecretsEntertainingAtrocitiesWartime Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer
“Ivan, the Russian sharpshooter, was sitting, gun in hand, behind one of Borg’s men on a motorbike further down South Eaton Place. The wooden barriers, the parked lorry and the elderly gentleman with the stick were all part of Isaac Walsh’s plan, aimed at hampering the policemen and giving Abbott a chance to escape.” WarHistoryCuriosityCriminalsInvestigationWwiiWartimeSoviet History Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer
“Merlin stood up. For once, late as it was, he was pleased to see the Assistant Commissioner because he had been trying unsuccessfully to get hold of him all day. “May I introduce Detective Bernard Goldberg of the New York Police Department.” Merlin held out a hand to the stocky young man now standing on the AC’s right. Detective Goldberg was an inch or two shorter than Merlin, with a closely cropped head of dark-brown hair and the crumpled face of a man who might have walked into a wall.” WarHistoryCuriosityCriminalsInvestigationWwiiWartimeSoviet History Book:The French Spy Source: The French Spy