Dear Little Corpses - The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month

It takes a village to bury a child . . .

-Genius . . . A standout series.- The Times Crime Book of the Month

1 September 1939. As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the safety of the countryside. But when a little girl vanishes, it-s clear that danger can lurk in the quietest village.

In the chaos of war, crime novelist Josephine Tey arrives to help her friend DCI Penrose to investigate the girl-s disappearance. When a cloud of mistrust falls across the small community she has come to love, events take a sinister turn.