
Marjorie Eccles
6 SeriesMarjorie Eccles is a British author renowned for her Gil Mayo series. She received the Agatha Christie Styles Award for a short story early in her career and has been nominated for the Ellis Peters Dagger Award.
In Marjorie Eccles' Herbert Reardon series, set in 1919 England, the first book, "Broken Music," follows a former police sergeant returning to Broughton Underhill. His mission is to solve a pre-war murder. As soldiers return home, the narrative intertwines the lingering horrors of World War I with the tensions of reintegration. Reardon's investigation brings wartime loves and losses to a climax, offering a resolution to the long-standing case.