More on this when I review this book in detail, but there are some things that just seem to be givens - and one of those is the legendary stocism of the British people during the WWII Blitz. Of course all people don't behave well all the time, and logically I should have realised that there would be nefarious goings-on, especially during a complete blackout.
This is a fascinating book.
From the Blurb:
The perfect English murder as described by Orwell is the stuff of Agatha Christie - indeed, it is the stuff of fiction. It's neat and hardly messy. Whereas in wartime London, the killers who plied their merciless trade did so using more barbaric methods. They used gas, ropes and guns, corrosive chemicals and tin openers. Some operated under the cover of dark, emerging when the city was at its most vulnerable; others simply struck whenever opportunity presented itself....