Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? James Leasor

A clever reconstruction of  events surrounding a brutal and unusual murder. It is 1943 and Sir Harry Oakes lies dead,  horrifically murdered at his Bahamian mansion. Although a self-made multi-millionaire, the richest baronet in the British empire and unselfish patron, Sir Harry is an unlikely victim - there are no suggestions of jealousy or passion. Many people obviously have something to hide. But who, and what? Why did the Duke of Windsor, then Governor of the Bahamas call in the Miami police rather than Scotland Yard? Leasor makes the daring suggestion that Sir Harry Oakes murder, the burning of the liner Normandie in New York Harbour in 1942 and the Allied landings in Sicily are all somehow connected in an intrigue of organised crime on a frightening scale. Photo illustrations.