On June 8th, 1946, London was in a party mood. A Victory Parade to celebrate the end of World War II saw the city consumed with pomp and fanfare. However, in the lull between the parade ending and the evening fireworks, a brutal murder took place. In the affluent suburb of Belgravia, in a house owned by the exiled King of Greece — George II — Elizabeth McLindon was shot in the back of the head. Finding her killer would take a combination of inspired detective work from one of Scotland Yard's finest, coupled with ground-breaking forensic science in a case that set the standard for ballistic analysis.

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