The Five Year Fuse: A Nathaniel Knight Mystery

A buried secret. A city in ruins. A copper with everything to lose.London, 1946. The Blitz is over, but for Detective Sergeant Nathaniel Knight, the war is just beginning. While 'H' Division polices the black market amidst the rubble of Stepney, Nate is summoned to clear a routine administrative error from May 1941.When a rusted Milner's safe is pulled from a bombed-out jewellery shop basement, it reveals a horror the fires couldn't consume: a body executed with a bullet to the spine, locked away for five years.The biggest problem? The original police report certifying the building was empty bears Nate's own signature.Realizing he was manipulated into covering up a murder, Nate is drawn into a web of blackmail, forged records, and high-level corruption. To catch a killer who hides behind a police badge, he must navigate the fog-bound docks and corrupt snugs of the East End before the men who buried the crime make sure he stays quiet forever.The Five Year Fuse is an atmospheric post-WWII British detective mystery-perfect for fans of Foyle's War, Philip Kerr, and classic noir police procedurals.