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Riptide
John Lawton
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Description for Riptide
Paperback. Riptide is the fourth title in the Frederick Troy series, which Grove Press UK are reissuing to celebrate the release of A Lily of the Field in paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 352.
Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carré, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst.
1941.
After ten years spying for the Americans, Wolfgang Stahl disappears during a Berlin air raid. The Germans think he's dead. The British know he's not. But where is he?
MI6 convince US Intelligence that Stahl will head for London, and so Captain Cal Cormack, a shy American 'aristocrat', is teamed with Chief Inspector Stilton of Stepney, fat, fifty and convivial. Between them they scour London, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Inspector Troy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781611855883
SKU
V9781611855883
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Ref
99-2
About John Lawton
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Riptide
One of the most entertaining thrillers I have read.
Sunday Telegraph
Lawton evokes wartime London with an infectiously jaunty panache.
Sunday Times, Donna Leon
The sense of London during the Blitz is strong and the story, with its mix of real history and believable invention, is fast-paced, twisting and tense.
Observer
Troy is a ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
Lawton evokes wartime London with an infectiously jaunty panache.
Sunday Times, Donna Leon
The sense of London during the Blitz is strong and the story, with its mix of real history and believable invention, is fast-paced, twisting and tense.
Observer
Troy is a ... Read more