Little White Death

Informationen zum Autor John Lawton worked for Channel 4 for many years! and! among many others! produced Harold Pinter's 'O Superman'! the least-watched most-argued-over programme of the 90s. He has written seven novels in his Troy series! two Joe Wilderness novels! the standalone Sweet Sunday ! a couple of short stories and the occasional essay. He writes very slowly and almost entirely on the hoof in the USA or Italy! but professes to be a resident of a tiny village in the Derbyshire Peak District. He admires the work of Barbara Gowdy! TC Boyle! Oliver Bleeck! Franz Schubert and Clara Schumann - and is passionate about the playing of Maria Joao Pires. He has no known hobbies! belongs to no organisations and hates being photographed. Klappentext The third 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. Vorwort The third 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. Zusammenfassung Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' ( Daily Telegraph ), t he Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carré, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. 1963. England is a country set to explode but Troy, now Britain's most senior police detective, is fighting his own battle against ill-health. 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 whom 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: John Lawton, John (Author) Lawton, Lawton John
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9781611855890
• ISBN: 978-1-61185-589-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Inspector Troy; Inspector Troy series; Inspector Troy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Crime, Historical fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage & spy thriller, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Narrative theme: Politics, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Espionage and spy thriller, War, combat and military adventure fiction