Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' - Daily TelegraphThe first book in John Lawton's Inspector Troy series, selected by Time magazine as one of 'Six Detective Series to Savour' alongside Michael Connelly and Donna Leon.The Blitz, London, 1944.As the Luftwaffe make their last desperate assault on the city, Londoners take to the shelters once again and eagerly await the signal for D-Day. In the East End children lead police to a charred, dismembered corpse buried in a bombsite. The victim is German and it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary murder. For Russian emigré Detective-Sergeant Troy it is the start of a manhunt which will lead him into a world of military intelligence and corruption in high places; a manhunt in which Troy is both the hunter and the hunted.
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The first book in John Lawton's Inspector Troy series, selected by Time magazine as one of 'Six Detective Series to Savour' alongside Michael Connelly and Donna Leon.The Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carré, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst.
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Wonderfully captures the atmosphere of wartime London... original and entertaining.
To celebrate the release of A Lily of the Field in paperback, Grove Press are reissuing the Inspector Troy series, starting with the original classic - Black Out.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781611855920
Publisert
2012-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Vekt
248 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368
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