The Winds of Midnight

Mary Irwin was crushed by a truck. The police ruled it an accidental death but her husband Bill isn't so sure: his own memory of the night is clouded by amnesia - could he have pushed her himself? His investigations uncover an affair between Mary and her boss a murderous blackmail conspiracy the identity of a 'missing' Nazi war criminal and a ruthless killer whose only weakness is his horror of rats .... The eighth novel by the prolific John Blackburn (1923-1993) one of the most popular British thriller and horror writers of his day The Winds of Midnight (1964) features a whirlwind plot that proceeds at breakneck pace towards an explosive conclusion.