Murder on the home front

It is 1941. While the war of chaos rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below. One ordinary day, in an ordinary courtroom, forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Simpson asks a keen young journalist to be his secretary. Although the horrors of secretarial work don't appeal to Molly Lefebure, she's intrigued to know exactly what goes on behind a mortuary door. Capable and curious, Miss Molly quickly becomes indispensible to Dr. Simpson as he meticulously pursues the truth. Accompanying him from somber morgues to London's most gruesome crime scenes, Molly observes and assists as he uncovers the dark secrets that all murder victims keep. With a sharp sense of humor and a rebellious spirit, Molly tells her own remarkable true story here with warmth and wit, painting a vivid portrait of wartime London.

Foreword / by Keith Simpson -- A good job in corpses -- My first day in the mortuaries -- Life in the mortuaries -- My first murder -- Tale of two lovers -- Murder on Waterloo Bridge -- Portrait of a merry widow -- Thoughts and episodes of spring -- "In the spring of a young man's fancy" -- Case of a lifetime -- The wigwam murder -- The gentle art of hanging -- Interiors -- Portrait of a fairy -- Severe testing of a secretary -- Underworld -- Murder in a fog -- War work -- A secret weapon -- Body in a hole -- Private diary -- Boys of the new brigade -- "'Tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round ..." -- Murder at "Charley Brown's" -- Coming through the rye -- The black in the smoke -- I find a successor -- Questions for further discussion.