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The London Blitz Murders (Disaster) Paperback – Unabridged, December 11, 2012

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By day, she’s Mrs. Mallowan, hospital pharmacist. By night, she’s Agatha Christie, queen of crime.

Doing her part for the war effort, Agatha dispenses medicine in shell-shocked London. But the world’s most renowned mystery writer is troubled. Compared to the horrors of World War II, her detective novels seem trivial and quaint. When a Jack the Ripper–style murderer strikes, Agatha lobbies her friend, forensics expert Sir Bernard Spilsbury, to take her to the crime scenes. But the killings are far more gruesome than any that her fictional detectives have ever solved. Can a crime writer also be a crime fighter? Joining forces with London’s top investigators, Agatha risks her life to stop the monstrous serial killer.

With this ripped-from-the-headlines mystery, author Max Allan Collins presents a blood-stained valentine to the most celebrated author of detective fiction.

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Max Allan Collins is the New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Perdition and multiple award-winning novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie novelizations, and historical fiction. He has scripted the Dick Tracy comic strip, Batman comic books, and written tie-in novels based on the CSI, Bones, and Dark Angel TV series; collaborated with legendary mystery author Mickey Spillane; and authored numerous mystery novels including the Quarry, Nolan, Mallory, and Nathan Heller series. His additional Disaster series mystery novels include The Lusitania Murders, The Titanic Murders, The Hindenburg Murders, The Pearl Harbor Murders, and The War of the Worlds Murder.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer; Unabridged edition (December 11, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1612185207
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1612185200
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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Hal 'Chisaiyama' Shaver
5.0 out of 5 stars Dame Agatha would be very happy with her portrayal in this tfictionalized mystery thriller.based on actual events.
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015
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Other than for Poe's marvelous "Murders in the Rue Morgue" probably the earliest mystery writer that I ever read was Agatha Christie, so this book had a special place in my heart. I have been a big fan of her works and of her, one of the few authors that I have ever read biographies of. From what I've read Collins' portrayal of her seems authentic and utterly believable.

Like most readers, I'm sure, I like to "cast" the characters in any book in order to make it come alive even more. This is one reason I believe why I'm not a big fan of audiobooks. Listening to one person read a book to me is okay if I'm 4 years old and it's a bedtime story but i like the different personalities that different voices give to the characters, so until they get a nice big cast together and actually make a production out of audiobooks, I'll stick to reading thanks. Throughout this book my Agatha was played by Angela Lansbury and the visual I imagined was as she was during the "Murder She Wrote" years.

In any event this entry in the "disaster" series tells the true tale of a series of "ripper" like murders that actually took place during the war years in London. Although Dame Agatha was living in London during those years and indeed working at a pharmacy as part of the war effort, in the same building as Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the father of modern CSI techniques she didn't actually take a part in the investigation as she does in the book. Otherwise, as usual in this series, Collins and his staff have done their research diligently and made the portrayals as accurate as possible while take sufficient fictional liberties to make it a cracking good mystery with just enough red herrings to throw the reader off the track until the final pages. Get it, read it, see if you can figure out whodunnit before the final reveal.
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Carl E. Ahlm
4.0 out of 5 stars "An Enjoyable Mystery Based on the Blackout Ripper from WWII London."
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2016
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"The London Blitz Murders" by Max Allan Collins offer the reader an interesting protagonist; by day, she’s Mrs. Mallowan, hospital pharmacist, however, by night, she’s Agatha Christie, queen of crime. "The London Blitz Murders" is an enjoyable historical mystery which has Agatha Christie as the sleuth and not just the famous writer. It is book #5 of a series called "The Disaster Series."

Collins does an excellent job of creating characters who seem very real. Still, the book is fiction, yet many of the characters and the situation is based on an historical event. Here with Agatha Christie as the protagonist on a murder case that actually happened made the novel interesting to read. The antagonists is, of course, to be discovered; however, it is the elusive historical Blackout Ripper. During the event, she enlists helps from the Yard's forensics expert Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the father of modern CSI techniques. While not an expert by any means, I know that much of the material on Christie is factual. It is obvious that Collins has done extensive research on this event and on Christie.

The novel was a nice diversion. It is interesting to see how Collins weaves fact and fiction together. The people really existed, as did the event, which made the story fascinating. For a nice diversion and an interesting mystery, give "The London Blitz Murders" a try.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Two Bucks and One Sitting
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016
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The Blitz, murder, and Agatha Christie seems like a winning combination but Max Collins falls short of meeting the expectations of such a promising mixture. Even the title of the book is deceiving in that the Blitz occurred prior to 1942 and has no relevance to the story. Although slow and disappointing in areas, Collins quite adeptly interweaves fact and fiction by altering history a bit and seamlessly inserting Dame Agatha into a true-crime police investigation. The so-called Blackout Ripper is on the lose in London among the war-weary citizens on the home front. With the help of Agatha, the police race to catch the killer before he can strike again. Accounts of the actual investigation are quite interesting as are depictions of London during the War years. I found the story to begin far too slowly and end far too abruptly. The ending itself is probably one of the worst I have ever read. Overall, the idea is intriguing and the historical events fascinating. It was okay for 2 bucks and a one night read.
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Dennis P. Donohoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable mystery with good historical backdrop
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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Max Allan Collins manages to capture the day-to-day atmosphere of the London Blitz and also fit Agatha Christie Mallowan smoothly into the story. Who better to consult on an investigation of multiple murders than the famed author? The book captures the mood and a bit of the style of Agatha Christie. The murders are graphic but Agatha can handle viewing the murder scenes. While the identity of the murderer was not too surprising, the pacing and character interaction make for an enjoyable read. Recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Collins Does Christie
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2014
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This is the third or fourth of the Disaster Series I have read as I work my way through all of them. The idea of putting known persons into historical situations is appealing although Collins has variable degrees of success in achieving his goal of a well-done mystery. This is Agatha Christie's turn to deal with murder in a critical period, the London Blitz during World War 2. As always, Collins and his associates do a good job of research, at least to persuade the reader who wasn't there. To what degree his Agatha Christie is a suitable replica of the novelistic character, I cannot say, but she is a good protagonist regardless of the reality of his image.The cime posed her, as she works alongside the London Police, is a Jack the Ripper type situation such as did occur in the area during the years of war. As at least one reviewer has pointed out this is more of a 'how we got the one who did it' than a 'who dun it'. There is camouflage involved before the solution is revealed but it is doubtful that many will be diverted from the right answer. As usual, Collins is quite professionally competent and has produced a readable book though not a puzzler in the style of the Mistress of Mysteries.
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beechick
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2017
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Loved this book, excellent prose and research. Loved that Agatha was involved in solving this interesting puzzle. Great characterization. Will read his other historical murder mysteries worth every penny and lived every minute.
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Barbara Baldock
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fact-based crime story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2013
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Max Allan Collins incorporates Agatha Christie into this story, which is based on the actual London Blitz murders, dextrously combining fact with fiction to create a gripping whodunit. There are extensive references at the end, which encourage the reader to delve deeper into the real-life case, and the characters involved. Being a crime/mystery fan, an Agatha Christie fan, and being fascinated by the history of the home-front during WWII, this proved impossible for me to resist. An excellent read, at an excellent price. I would recommend this book to murder mystery fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on February 26, 2015
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kept me very intrigued
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Rudy
4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it
Reviewed in Canada on April 19, 2016
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I like murder mystery books. This was a good read.
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Pat rob
4.0 out of 5 stars ... once I have finished a book is DID I ENJOY IT OR NOT
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2014
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My main question once I have finished a book is DID I ENJOY IT OR NOT, and in this case I did, I will leave any fault finding and greater analysis to other people.
It seemed old fashioned but then the books of Agatha Christie are set in a completely different time frame from today, and it did not detract from my overall enjoyment of the book.

Originally I thought it would be a book about actual incidents through the London Blitz as I did not read the sample!.
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