London, 1920. In the aftermath of the Great War and a
devastating family tragedy, Laurence Bartram has turned his back on
the world. But with a well-timed letter, an old flame manages to
draw him back in. Mary Emmett’s brother John—like Laurence, an
officer during the war—has apparently killed himself while in the
care of a remote veterans’ hospital, and Mary needs to know
why.
Aided by his friend Charles—a dauntless gentleman with detective
skills cadged from mystery novels—Laurence begins asking difficult
questions. What connects a group of war poets, a bitter feud within
Emmett’s regiment, and a hidden love affair? Was Emmett’s death
really a suicide, or the missing piece in a puzzling series of
murders? As veterans tied to Emmett continue to turn up dead, and
Laurence is forced to face the darkest corners of his own war
experiences, his own survival may depend on uncovering the
truth.
At once a compelling mystery and an elegant literary debut, The
Return of Captain John Emmett blends the psychological depth of Pat
Barker’s Regeneration trilogy with lively storytelling from the
golden age of British crime fiction.
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