The Valkyrie Song

Oct 31, 2024 1:28 PM

Author:Craig Russell

The Valkyrie Song

Calling all fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin - this blood-curdling and hypnotically tense thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell with its devilishly cunning plot and mind-blowing maze of twists and turns is perfect for you.

'This splendid thriller...The story races along with pace and verve' -- Daily Express

'Very well written and a page-turner!........Craig Russell never lets his many fans down' -- ***** Reader review

'One of the most disturbing but addictive reads I had for a long time' -- ***** Reader review

'Really gripping yarn with twists and turns along the way' -- ***** Reader review

'Fabel is in fine form and the plot is wonderfully twisted. A must for lovers of good crime novels' -- ***** Reader review

'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review

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ONE ASSASSIN. ONE SERIAL KILLER. TWO ANGELS OF DEATH.

After a gap of ten years, a female serial killer - the Angel of St Pauli - again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg's red-light district, dying of the most savage knife wounds. Jan Fabel is called in to investigate.

Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. And a long-forgotten project by East Germany's Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War, involving a highly-trained group of female assassins, known by the codename Valkyrie.

Fabel's hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel.

Reviews

Brilliant ... Crime writing par excellence

—— Joanna Franks , Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Sharp prose, believably drawn characters and a well-judged tension combine with the distinctive location to ensure a gripping, entertaining read

—— Civvy Street Magazine

Splendid thriller ...the story races along with pace and verve ... Russell keeps the shocks and surprises coming until the final revelation which leaves the reader smacking his head with a satisfying, Homer-like "D'oh!"

—— Daily Express

If you are looking for a devilishly cunning plot, a truly gripping storyline and a mind-blowing maze of entertaining twists and turns then Chief Commissar Jan Fabel has just the case for you. ... With a superb cast of characters and a startling and totally unexpected denouement, this is another first-class thriller from the master of suspense

—— Lancashire Evening Post

If you're looking for a distinctive and exciting new voice in crime fiction, then look no further than Craig Russell. This is gritty, authentic and disturbing stuff

—— Mo Hayder

Violently exciting - it had me hooked

—— Piers Morgan

A blood-curdlingly clever plot ... thoughtful and imaginative

—— The Times

Chester Himes is the great lost crime writer, as well a great American dissident novelist per se, and an essential witness to his times. Every one of his beyond-cool Harlem novels is cherished by every reader who finds it.

—— Jonathan Letham

A classic noir in the Elmore Leonard meets Ed McBain mould

—— Jeffery Deaver , Guardian

Pears brings to life a vibrant 17th-century world...a tour de force

—— Daily Telegraph

Crammed with period detail, it's as much a novel of ideas as it is of character

—— Val McDermid , The Week

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