Murder during a Mock Attack: John Rhode’s Night Exercise

Listening there, in tense expectation of the first sudden shot which would tell that the opposing forces had made contact, Ledbury felt a quickening of the pulses. Ridiculous, perhaps, for this was merely an exercise, a mock-battle, in which imagination ruled and much had to be taken for granted. But, after all, it was a … Continue reading Murder during a Mock Attack: John Rhode’s Night Exercise

Friday Memes

Book Beginnings on Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader where one shares the beginning of the book one is currently reading.Here's mine from John Rhode's 1942 book Night Exercise as Britain's Home Guard carries out a mock exercise which ends in murder.THE HEADQUARTERS of the Wealdhurst Company of the Home Guard … Continue reading Friday Memes