“[Lawton’s] work stands head and shoulders above most other
contemporary thrillers, earning those comparisons to Le Carré.”
—The Boston Globe The latest novel from the master spy novelist
John Lawton follows Inspector Troy, now Scotland Yard’s chief
detective, deep into a scandal reminiscent of the infamous Profumo
affair. England in 1963 is a country set to explode. The old guard,
shocked by the habits of the war baby youth, sets out to fight back.
The battle reaches uncomfortably close to Troy. While he is on medical
leave, the Yard brings charges against an acquaintance of his, a
hedonistic doctor with a penchant for voyeurism and young women, two
of which just happen to be sleeping with a senior man at the Foreign
Office as well as a KGB agent. But on the eve of the verdict, a
curious double case of suicide drags Troy back into active duty.
Beyond bedroom acrobatics, the secret affairs now stretch to double
crosses and deals in the halls of power, not to mention murder. It’s
all Troy can do to stay afloat in a country immersed in drugs and up
to its neck in scandal. “John Lawton is so captivating a
storyteller that I’d happily hear him out on any subject.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
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ISBN
9781555848613
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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