All the while, the anguish of the survivors, and the mix of emotions women felt about serving their country as their loved ones die for the cause, hovers over the narrative, fueling Tyler’s need for resolution.īeware This Boy works best when Jennings makes room for her characters, from Tyler to visiting filmmaker Lev Kaplan to Eileen Abbott, a factory worker observing events in heir diary, to express their inner feelings in concordance with the wartime tumult.
It first appears to be an accident, but Tyler’s detecting uncovers earlier incidents, which taken as a larger whole, add up to something more criminally minded. Then a munitions factory in nearby Birmingham explodes, killing several women and injuring scores of others who’d been drafted to work while the men went off to war. Tyler returns in Beware This Boy (McClelland & Stewart, 300 pp $24.90) reeling from the tragic events of his inaugural case, chafes at the quiet that’s settled in at home. And last year, with Season of Darkness, Jennings fast-forwarded to the Second World War and crossed the Atlantic to Britain, where Inspector Tom Tyler investigated crimes out of his home base of Whitchurch.
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Her seven-book series featuring 19th-century Toronto police inspector Murdoch was turned into a multi-episode television series that airs around the world.
Maureen Jennings is certainly no stranger to historical fiction. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.