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|title=Stalin's Gold: A Frank Merlin Novel

|author=Mark Ellis

|reviewer=Sue Magee

|genre=Crime

|rating=4.5

|buy=Yes

|date=February 2014

|isbn=978-1783062461

}}

When we [[Frank Merlin: Princes Gate by Mark Ellis|last saw]] DCI Frank Merlin he was champing at the bit to enlist and do his bit but frustrated by the fact that he could not be released. On the positive side there were signs that he was recovering from the death of his wife a couple of years earlier and he's now in a relationship with Sonia, a refugee from Poland who's working in the dress department at Swan and Edgar. The phoney war is well and truly over and London is suffering daily bombing raids: the capital is a dangerous place to be. Some people are taking advantage of the situation and looting is disappointingly frequent. It's one of the problems that have been dropped on Merlin's toes.

For more of London in the blitz we can recommend [[Ashes to Ashes by Barbara Nadel]]. For more crime in an audio download you might enjoy [[Enter the Saint by Leslie Charteris and John Telfer (narrator)]].

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