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Second Violin
ByPublisher Description
One of today's top historical espionage writers, considered "as good as Le Carré" (
) and "a master," John Lawton adds another spellbinding thriller to his Inspector Troy series with
(
).
The sixth installment in the series, Lawton's new novel opens in 1938 with Europe on the brink of war. In London, Frederick Troy, newly promoted to the prestigious murder squad at Scotland Yard, is put in charge of rounding up a list of German and Italian "enemy aliens" that also includes his brother, Rod, who learns upon receiving an internment letter that he was born in Austria despite having grown up in England. Hundreds of men are herded by train to a neglected camp on the Isle of Man. And as the bombs start falling on London, a murdered rabbi is found, then another, and another . . .
Amid great war, murder is what matters. Moving from the Nazi-infested alleys of prewar Vienna to the bombed-out streets of 1940 London, and featuring an extraordinary cast of characters, Lawton's thriller is a suspenseful and intelligent novel, as good a spy story as it is an historical narrative.
"Smart and gracefully written." —Patrick Anderson,
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“Great personal rather than portentous depiction of the early days of World War II--when you're in the middle of things, how do you know if it's historic, if it'll get better or worse? The book jacket overstates the thriller and spying parts of the story; fans of Foyle's War on TV would enjoy the pace and tone.”
About John Lawton
John Lawton is the author of ten novels, including
,
, and
. His thriller
won a WH Smith Fresh Talent Award,
was named a New York Times Notable Book, and his latest novel
was named one of the best thrillers of the year by Marilyn Stasio of the
. At the moment he lives in Derbyshire, England, but can often be found (or lost) elsewhere.
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