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Capital Punishment
Robert Wilson
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Description for Capital Punishment
Paperback. A crime thriller to take you on a terrifying journey into London's dark side. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
A crime thriller to take you on a terrifying journey into London's dark side. Beautiful Alyshia D'Cruz has grown up in London and Mumbai wanting for nothing. But one night she takes the wrong cab home. Charles Boxer, expert in high-stakes kidnap resolution, teams up with his ex-partner, investigative cop Mercy Danquah, who's battling with their rebellious teenage daughter. Alyshia's father hires Boxer, who knows all about the tycoon's colourful career, which has made him plenty of enemies. But despite the vast D'Cruz fortune, the kidnappers don't want cash, instead favouring a cruel and lethal game . . . To save Alyshia, Boxer must dodge religious fanatics, Indian mobsters and London's home-grown crime lords. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT is a journey to the dark side of people and places that lie just out of view, waiting for the moment to tear a life apart.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409139027
SKU
V9781409139027
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson has lived and worked around the world, including spells shipbroking, tourguiding, and exporting bathrooms to Nigeria. Eventually, Rob settled in Portugal, and turned to novels. Since then, he's written many acclaimed crime novels including the CWA Gold Dagger award winning A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON and the Falcon series, recently adapted for television. His first novel featuring Charlie Boxer, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT was shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award. Find out more at www.robert-wilson.eu.
Reviews for Capital Punishment
Lots of political intrigue and double-dealing make this a complex and tense thriller
TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
A gripping and unsettling read
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
It is a riveting read... Wilson writes with verve and panache
CATHOLIC HERALD
Featuring a large cast of well-sketched players and a plethora of plot twists, Capital Punishment shifts scenes briskly from London to Lisbon, Mumbai to Lahore. Wilson writes with elegant vigour as he describes the shoot-outs and emotional crescendos that result from the political and criminal intrigue at the heart of the book
WALL STREET JOURNAL
A genuine thriller and the first in a new series, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT is one of the best books in the genre to come along at the start of a new year... A brilliant beginning for what is sure to be a very exciting and worthwhile series indeed.
REVIEWINGTHEEVIDENCE.COM
Featuring a large cast of well-sketched players and a plethora of plot twists, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT shifts scenes briskly from London to Lisbon, Mumbai to Lahore. Mr. Wilson writes with elegant vigor as he describes the shoot-outs and emotional crescendos that result from the political and criminal intrigue at the heart of the book.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
If you like dense, complex and internationally widespread thrillers, then Capital Punishment is for you... Unputdownable.
MYSTERY WOMEN
[Robert Wilson's] hotter than ever... One killer of a crime caper.
NORTHERN ECHO
Wilson blends psychological intensity, constant action with a brilliantly intricate plot that will leave you gasping after the final page.
BITE THE BOOK
Full of action and tension, a guaranteed great read from this CWA Gold Dagger winning author.
LOVEREADING.COM
Absolutely brilliant.
PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH
Gripping from start to finish, this intricately plotted page-turner will keep you transfixed.
CHOICE
Fast-moving and breathlessly exciting, this is the first of a series to feature Charles Boxer from award-winning author Robert Wilson.
IRISH INDEPENDENT
Like most of Wilson's novels, this one occupies the shadow territory between the crime novel and the intelligent thriller... it's dark and powerful stuff. And the ending has a kick like a horse.
SPECTATOR
TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
A gripping and unsettling read
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
It is a riveting read... Wilson writes with verve and panache
CATHOLIC HERALD
Featuring a large cast of well-sketched players and a plethora of plot twists, Capital Punishment shifts scenes briskly from London to Lisbon, Mumbai to Lahore. Wilson writes with elegant vigour as he describes the shoot-outs and emotional crescendos that result from the political and criminal intrigue at the heart of the book
WALL STREET JOURNAL
A genuine thriller and the first in a new series, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT is one of the best books in the genre to come along at the start of a new year... A brilliant beginning for what is sure to be a very exciting and worthwhile series indeed.
REVIEWINGTHEEVIDENCE.COM
Featuring a large cast of well-sketched players and a plethora of plot twists, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT shifts scenes briskly from London to Lisbon, Mumbai to Lahore. Mr. Wilson writes with elegant vigor as he describes the shoot-outs and emotional crescendos that result from the political and criminal intrigue at the heart of the book.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
If you like dense, complex and internationally widespread thrillers, then Capital Punishment is for you... Unputdownable.
MYSTERY WOMEN
[Robert Wilson's] hotter than ever... One killer of a crime caper.
NORTHERN ECHO
Wilson blends psychological intensity, constant action with a brilliantly intricate plot that will leave you gasping after the final page.
BITE THE BOOK
Full of action and tension, a guaranteed great read from this CWA Gold Dagger winning author.
LOVEREADING.COM
Absolutely brilliant.
PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH
Gripping from start to finish, this intricately plotted page-turner will keep you transfixed.
CHOICE
Fast-moving and breathlessly exciting, this is the first of a series to feature Charles Boxer from award-winning author Robert Wilson.
IRISH INDEPENDENT
Like most of Wilson's novels, this one occupies the shadow territory between the crime novel and the intelligent thriller... it's dark and powerful stuff. And the ending has a kick like a horse.
SPECTATOR