Author:Magdalen Nabb,Bill Wallis
When it comes to motives for crime, the past can never be forgotten. Sara Hirsch is a nervous elderly spinster who still lives in the flat above a long-standing Florentine antiquities shop in which she was raised. Frightened, she calls Marshal Guarnaccia for help, sure that strangers have been in her apartment. The marshal knows she is a lonely old woman but he is preoccupied with an investigation into an Albanian prostitution ring. Before he can respond to her latest alarm, she is found dead. The marshal's search for the villains who precipitated her death brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish refugees from fascism, and with English expatriates, including the ailing heir to the elegant Villa L'Uliveto, Sir Christopher Wrothesly-
I love this book! It's hard, fast and tight and blasts through the London underworld like a speed boat on the Thames
—— Lee ChildSimon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!
—— Harlan CobenThe next time I see Simon Kernick's name on a book I will pick it up. Brilliant!
—— Richard MadeleyKernick generates a potent cocktail of thrills that makes contemporary London feel like Dodge City. A knucklehead ride
—— GuardianSimon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action
—— Lee ChildSimon Kernick uses every trick in the book to keep the action breakneck
—— Time OutTwists and turns you never see coming... I am but one of a steadily growing group of loyal fans
—— KARIN SLAUGHTERLiza Marklund is in a league of her own
—— HENNING MANKELLPlenty of politics, high and low and the portrayal of college life and vicious, teeming with sycophants and thick with double dealing
—— GuardianPears brings to life a vibrant 17th-century world...a tour de force
—— Daily TelegraphCrammed with period detail, it's as much a novel of ideas as it is of character
—— Val McDermid , The Week
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