Step on the steam train with Inspector Ryga in DEATH IN THE HARBOUR by Pauline Rowson

Myra Swinley is convinced that her police constable husband’s death was no accident, and that he would never have lost his footing on a dark, foggy November night on the quayside of Newhaven Harbour while on his beat. Determined to get to the truth she visits Scotland Yard to ask his former friend, Detective Superintendent Street, to investigate. Street says they have no basis to do so, but when Myra fails to return home from her visit to the Yard, Inspector Ryga is sent down to the Sussex coast to investigate. 

 

DEATH IN THE HARBOUR by Pauline Rowson. Audio book narrated by Jonathan Rhodes and produced by B7 Media. Photographs courtesy of Our Newhaven and the Free Museum.

Inspector Ryga is sent to Newhaven to investigate a baffling case - 1950s England

 

December 1950 - fog and smog. Rationing and austerity. Fractured lives from the aftermath of war. Steam trains, trams and trolley buses. Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Ryga is sent to the port of Newhaven, East Sussex, to unravel the mystery of why an ordinary police constable was murdered and his wife has gone missing.

DEATH IN THE HARBOUR, is the second in the Inspector Ryga 1950s set mystery series.

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Pauline Rowson talks about her 1950s set Inspector Ryga mysteries

Inspector Alun Ryga's back story - a 1950s detective in the mystery series by Pauline Rowson

Scotland Yard's Inspector Alun Ryga is sent to Newhaven, East Sussex to unravel the mystery of why an ordinary police constable was murdered and his wife has gone missing

"Pure detection… a great read.”

And here is a bit of background on my lovely thoughtful detective, Inspector Ryga

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DEATH IN THE HARBOUR now available as an audio book

 

 

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DEATH IN THE HARBOUR, by Pauline Rowson, the second in the 1950s set mystery series featuring Inspector Ryga, is now available to download as an audio book. It's narrated by Jonathan Rhodes and produced by B7 Media.

The atmospheric mystery series set in 1950s England features Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga who is sent out to investigate baffling coastal crimes. He teams up with former war photographer Eva Paisley. They make an entertaining and formidable duo.

Listen to an extract of DEATH IN THE HARBOUR

Death in the Harbour- "Pure detection… a great read.”

The Inspector Ryga Mysteries by Pauline Rowson - set in 1950s England

Sunday is a day of leisure and fun today, unless you happen to be working in the retail, hospitality, food and catering industries or the emergency and health services. (and if you discount lock down in 2020)!  Generally though you can eat, drink and be merrily entertained and you can shop until you drop (or until the shops close unless you are shopping on line then you can carry on regardless). But in 1950 Sundays in Inspector Ryga's world in DEATH IN THE COVE (1) and DEATH IN THE HARBOUR (2) were very different.

Shopping time

Many shops, cafes and restaurants, including fish and chip shops, were closed. If they were permitted to open then it was only until ten o’clock in the morning, unless a special provision had been made by the local authority. Even if they were able to open for longer hours most shops were closed by mid-day.

Play time and church time

Depending on where you lived and your background children were not permitted to play outside on a Sunday and by outside I mean the street rather than a garden. Recreation grounds were closed and best Sunday clothes were donned for Church and Sunday school, which often meant morning and afternoon and sometimes even evening attendance.

Meal time

The main meal would be between mid-day and two p.m., a tradition that is still loosely in operation today for many. But with bacon and meat on the ration until 1951 in Inspector Ryga’s world in DEATH IN THE COVE set in September 1950 it would have been in limited supply unless obtained on the black market.

Drinking time

Licensing laws in the 1950s were very similar to those during and after the First World War. Opening hours for licensed premises were generally restricted to luncheon 12:00 to 14:40, and supper 18:30 to 22:30. But many pubs closed at 22.00 except in summer time when some might have extended their opening times to 22.30. Sunday closing was usually 14.00 and 22.00.

Religion, rest and relaxation

Sunday was a day of religion, rest and relaxation for many. Of family time, of gardening, tending the allotment, walking out with the family, wife/husband, lover, or perhaps a drive in the country for those able to afford a car.

This is just a flavour of the 1950s for Inspector Ryga in DEATH IN THE COVE and DEATH IN THE HARBOUR

 

 

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DEATH IN THE HARBOUR Inspector Ryga Mystery 2 in paperback, e book, kindle and audiobook

DEATH IN THE HARBOUR published in paperback, e book, kindle and audiobook

DEATH IN THE HARBOUR, by Pauline Rowson, the second in the 1950s set mystery series featuring Inspector Ryga, is published in paperback, as an e book, on Amazon Kindle and as an audio book.

The atmospheric mystery series set in 1950s England features Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga who teams up with former war photographer Eva Paisley.

Scotland Yard's Inspector Alun Ryga is sent to Newhaven, East Sussex to unravel the mystery of why an ordinary police constable was murdered and his wife has gone  missing

 

"Pure detection… a great read.

 

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