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A Love To Remember

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Clink Street Publishingerschienen am18.04.2024
The year was 1931. Amadeus Rupert and Colin Freeman joined the Metropolitan Police in London at the same time. Total strangers and completely different characters. except for their love of flying, which took them in different directions during World War Two. Colin became a Squadron Leader, flying Spitfires. Amadeus flew with Coastal Command, then Bomber Command. He had fallen head over heels in love with Deborah, who he married in 1933. Love at first sight or so they thought. But the fortunes of war would have a profound effect on all three friends whose lives would change forever.

This is the first in the Inspector Rupert series of mystery novels by the author Peter Samuel.mehr
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KlappentextThe year was 1931. Amadeus Rupert and Colin Freeman joined the Metropolitan Police in London at the same time. Total strangers and completely different characters. except for their love of flying, which took them in different directions during World War Two. Colin became a Squadron Leader, flying Spitfires. Amadeus flew with Coastal Command, then Bomber Command. He had fallen head over heels in love with Deborah, who he married in 1933. Love at first sight or so they thought. But the fortunes of war would have a profound effect on all three friends whose lives would change forever.

This is the first in the Inspector Rupert series of mystery novels by the author Peter Samuel.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9781915785282
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Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum18.04.2024
ReiheAn Inspector Rupert Mystery
Reihen-Nr.1
Seiten206 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
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Leseprobe



CHAPTER ONE


Amadeus Rupert, what a name. Often teased about it throughout his school days.

Born on the 3rd of September 1914, the year the great war began.

He had learned from his mother how his father, Thomas Rupert, volunteered and marched off to war with the Coventry pals. An architect by profession, he was drafted into the Royal Engineers, saw action in the early years of the war, then was killed in 1916, when the British forces continued their push on the Somme battlefield.

Amadeus never knew his father, but he knew his mother. As he got older, they would sit by candlelight while his mum would open the photograph album, then reminisce over the times, before he was born, when she and his dad walked the boards of the Empire theatre: acting in amateur dramatics, taking part in operas. Hence the name Amadeus, taken from the Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart opera The Magic Flute, which was their favourite.

It was often thought that young Amadeus would follow in his parents´ footsteps but that was not to be. Although educated in the arts, Amadeus was to choose a different role in life, much to the disappointment of his mum. He always seemed to have his head stuck in a book. Puzzle books mostly, and it wasn´t long before his school teachers recognised that that they had a genius in their class. Amadeus excelled in Maths and Literature, always top of the class in most subjects except sport, he had no time for playing football or cricket, although he did enjoy athletics. He was doing the Times crossword at the age of ten.

He was devoted to his mother, who had struggled after the war to put food on the table. But the theatre rallied round to give her secretarial and typing work, and the firm that his dad had worked for also pitched in to give Amadeus an easy beginning.

Then came the decision as to whether he would go to Cambridge University, or join the Metropolitan Police Force in London, the latter was his choice; that made his mum weep.

He sent off the application, and received a quick response that he was to report to the Hendon police college in London, to commence training.

Billeted in the college dormitory, he was fed, watered and most of all, had easy access to the library where he spent many an hour of his spare time with his head stuck in a book, although he made it a point to travel back home at weekends when there was no tutorial.

The year was 1931, a lot was going on in the world, especially in Germany.

He was sitting in the lounge enjoying the break from his lessons, browsing through the Times newspaper, deciding to leave the crossword until later.

Amadeus did not know it then, but his life was to change dramatically, when a tall blond-haired recruit sat down beside him. Holding out his hand, Colin Freeman, he said with a strange accent. Amadeus put down the newspaper, then introduced himself.

Yes, I´ve been studying you over the past few weeks, you don´t say very much and don´t go out a lot, the stranger said with a large smile.

I go home occasionally, but right now I´m here to study and, hopefully, get through my finals. He attempted to pick up the newspaper.

I have no doubt you´ll succeed, Rupert. You, my friend, are the academic type. So fear not because there are great things in store for you.

I take it you have a crystal ball in your dormitory. Amadeus smiled.

Don´t be so presumptuous, Rupert. I wouldn´t live here if you paid me. They both laughed. I have an apartment in Mayfair. You´re welcome to attend the parties, if you get bored with life in the box room. This brought another laugh. It was from that moment on that the two became close friends.

Colin explained why he spoke with a foreign twang. I was brought up in Munich, Germany. My parents saw the writing on the wall when the brown shirts, they were the Nazi party enforcers, a truly ruthless mob, took to the streets and began to persecute the Jews. That´s when we moved to England and changed our name by deed poll, from Friedman to Freeman. My dad kept his first name of Jacob, but it was advised by relations living in England for me to change from Gustav to Colin, and Frau Anna Friedman, my mother, to Anabela Freeman. Colin hesitated as if he had said too much, but continued, It was a wise move by my parents. You only need to look at the way Germany is run today, by thieves and murderers. Herr Hitler especially.

Colin Freeman said no more, but Amadeus knew the young teenager was hurting.

Come on, let´s go and take in a matinee at the Odeon cinema, that will release us for an afternoon. This was to become one of their escapes from reality.

Colin kept his passion for flying a secret, until one Saturday he and Amadeus drove up to North London in the Austin 7 which Colin had taught Amadeus to drive.

As instructed he helped Colin push the Tiger Moth aeroplane out of the hangar, turned the propeller, then chocks away. He watched as the flimsy aircraft trundled down the grass airfield then lifted off into the blue cloudless sky.

Colin had invited his friend on many an occasion to sit in the gunner´s seat of a borrowed aircraft. No chance, Freeman. I´ll keep my feet on the terracotta clay if you don´t mind.

However, Amadeus was intrigued by Colin´s skill and decided to put his life on the line, joining his friend in the air. It wasn´t long before Amadeus found a passion for flying, and with Colin´s instruction, soon began to take off and land of his own free will. There were times when they would just sit in the draughty hangar and learn about aircraft maintenance from an aircraft mechanic.

But Amadeus still kept hold of his passion to become a member of the Metropolitan Police Force, much to his friend´s annoyance when he refused to join him at the airfield.

You must study, Colin. Flying is one thing but your commitment to passing your exams is another. Amadeus would try to encourage his friend to get his head into the police manuals. There´s a preliminary exam coming up, so you better get studying or you´re out. It was a warning that Colin paid attention to, and he would burn the midnight oil, to play catch-up on what he had been taught in the lectures.

Much to the surprise of their tutor, both friends passed the final exam that determined whether they were capable of becoming policemen or not. The tutor made it clear that Amadeus was not a problem, but shook his head when Colin was mentioned.

Don´t worry, sir, I´ll make sure he doesn´t waste your time. Amadeus studied the tutor´s face before he turned and walked to the library.

The two cadets had become firm friends, relying on each other´s wisdom, passing on any advice that they held and sharing their present situations. It came as a surprise that Colin was in fact very rich. Amadeus never realised that Colin Freeman was part of the Freeman empire, who had stores all over the south coast of England, including counters at the large department stores in the city, although he often wondered how Colin could afford the luxury of owning a car, an aeroplane and a luxury apartment in a residential area of the city. However, he never questioned his friend on his apparent wealth. It was none of his business.

Colin had frequently asked his friend to move out of the police dormitory, and move into the luxury apartment, but Amadeus knew that would be fatal. Because of the parties and Colin´s lifestyle, no work would get done, so it was always a polite refusal explaining why.

With careful persuasion, Amadeus was able to guide his friend through the rigorous moments of study, and it was now approaching their finals, where the boys would be separated from the men. The day that would reveal the outcome of the past two years.

The results were posted on the notice board. It came as no surprise when Amadeus Rupert topped the class with a pass mark of 92%. Those that had a high mark were also mentioned, but the police examiners were more discreet, by mentioning those who had scraped through without revealing their percentage mark, and not listing those who had failed at all. The two chums studied the board with enthusiasm. Needless to say, Colin had scraped through, and didn´t really care what mark he got, as long as he succeeded in the game. That was his considered opinion of all this study and the boredom of the tutorials.

His life would be up in the air, and nothing would change that. However, it took all of his friend´s resolve to encourage him to stick it out.

The pass-out parade was held in the Hendon College square where Amadeus received the honour of being the best recruit and accepted the challenge trophy, for the best team out of four. A coveted trophy that had taken in lots of sports, especially athletics.

Amadeus was proud to see his mother and uncle David in the crowd of onlookers, as the cadets were put through their marching drill.

It was on that day he was first introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Freeman. He was quite...

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