Mord in der Charing Cross Road

A Mysterious Murder in the Antiquarian Bookshop

In the antiquarian bookshop on Charing Cross Road, everything could go on as usual. Among the numerous rarities and treasures of literature, bookseller Sally is still working late into the evening. But soon, events take a dramatic turn: books disappear and mysterious occurrences lead the investigator duo Sally and Johnny to the crime scene.

Business at the antiquarian suddenly comes to a halt when the unpopular Mr. Butcher is found dead at his desk. The murdered man looks so surprised, as if he had seen a ghost. The police are faced with a puzzle, but Sally Merton and junior manager Johnny Heldar take on the few clues together: Who has stolen the corpus delicti from the shipping table? How did someone manage to gain access through the back door unnoticed? And what does this have to do with the strange book thefts reported in the surrounding antiquarian shops? As Scotland Yard suspects Johnny's cousin, time is running out to find the real culprit. "Murder on Charing Cross Road" is not only the beginning of Henrietta Hamilton's newly rediscovered classic crime series featuring the investigator duo Sally and Johnny, but also the start of a wonderful love story.