Nonesuch Author Surname:Spufford J-J has kept the skull

J-J has kept the skull as a reminder

But can he find the killer before they strike again

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Nonesuch Author Surname:Spufford J-J has kept the skullIt's the summer of 1939. London is on the brink of catastrophic war, and everybody knows it. On a final night of abandon, Iris Hawkins, an ambitious young financial secretary (and 'not an entirely good girl'), pursues a one night stand. Some people, if you make the mistake of sleeping with them, leave you with a rash, or regrets. It seems that sleeping with young Geoff, a technical whizz at the BBC's nascent television unit, leaves you pursued by a