Half a Crown

This is the third book in the Small Change trilogy, which began with Farthing and was followed by Ha'penny. It's another book that by the middle, I could not put it down. This one began a little slowly, but picked up quickly. It takes place ten years after the last book. It still features Investigator Peter Carmichael who is now head of the British equivalent of the Gestapo and his ward, Elvira, the daughter of another policeman who was killed in the first book. This being the end of the trilogy, everything that had been percolating in the previous books finally comes to a dramatic head. The book didn't win any awards but was nominated for several, including two in other countries.

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