Out of the Blackout

Robert Barnard

Original title: Out of the blackout

first published 1985 G.K. Hall, 1986 308 pages

A Nightingale mystery in large print

With the Nazis bombing London on a nightly basis, many families sent their children to the comparative safety of the countryside. When the Blitz ended, the families came for their kids, but no one ever came for Simon Thorn. His name appears on no evacuation list, and none of his belongings offer any clues to his origins. Now an adult, Simon is puzzled by an odd sense of familiarity when he walks down certain London s...

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Out of the Blackout paperback · 2013 · Bello · 184 pages · 9781447240075
Out of the Blackout edition · 2013 · Scribner · 9781476737232
Out of the Blackout paperback · 2006 · Felony & Mayhem · 200 pages · 9781933397320
Out of the blackout edition · 1995 · Countryman Press · 182 pages
Out of the blackout. edition · 1988 · Corgi · 191 pages
Out of the blackout edition · 1986 · Chivers · 320 pages
Out of the blackout edition · 1986 · Dell · 182 pages · 9780440167617
Out of the blackout edition · 1986 · G.K. Hall · 308 pages
Out of the blackout edition · 1985 · Scribner's · 182 pages
Out of the blackout edition · 1985 · Collins · 182 pages

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