Leslie Thomas

Dangerous Davies is recuperating in Bournemouth from a beating incurred during the course of duty when he is approached by a woman who asks him to investigate her husband’s disappearance.

May 1940 and Britain rose to the challenge of evacuating Dunkirk, but afterwards life had to go on. Can Toby and Giselle's love affair survive the war? And will Harold, Spots and Boos ever get to repel German invaders - with catapults?

An ex-soldier and a homeless teenage girl inhabit Kensington Heights. Despite their differences they form a lasting friendship.