BROADBENT, TONY — The Smoke

Douglas, Isle OF Man: MP Publishing, 2012. Softcover. ISBN: 1849821526. Creeping Narrative Book 1 Series; Map; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2\"; 402+ pages; Soft cover has black spine with white lettering. NEW. B/W London map at rear of book. Pages are clean and tight. 'The Smoke— (Cockney slang for London) — is about a cat burglar and jewel thief, called Jethro, in the austere world of 1947 post-war, black-market-riddled England. Brought up in and around one of London's famed street markets, Jethro is as smart as he is street wise, which is just as well, as he always needs all of his wits about him to pull off the perfect job and not get caught. Since the end of the war—having finished service in the Merchant Navy—Jethro has told everybody that he's gone straight and has taken-up as a stagehand around London's many theatres and music halls. (His skill with ropes and pulleys is as easily transferred to going up and down the outside of buildings, as it is to the needs of the theatre fly-floor. ) But the truth is, hiding in plain sight in around London's West End is the perfect cover for him to be able to set up his diamond capers in the wealthy areas of Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Belgravia.' London Lexicon; map.. New .