The Heart of Danger - Softcover

Gerald Seymour

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061009695 ISBN 13: 9780061009693

Publisher: Harper, 1996

Synopsis

In a wrecked Croat village, a mass grave is uncovered and the mutilated body of a young Englishwoman, Dorrie Mowat, is exhumed. Her mother, who loathed Dorrie in life, becomes obsessed by the need to find out about her death. But with civil war tearing apart the former Yugoslavia, none of the authorities there or in Britain are interested in a 'minor' war crime. So she turns to Bill Penn, private investigator, MI5 reject. For him this looks like a quick trip to safe Zagreb, the writing of a useless report and a good fee at the end of it. But once there he finds himself drawn inexorably towards the killing ground behind the lines, to find the truth of the young woman's death and, perhaps, the truth of himself.

Penn's search for evidence that could, one day, convict a war criminal in a court of law becomes an epic journey into a merciless war where the odds are stacked high against him.

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Review:

'Vivid stuff. I write a fortnight after finishing the book and the scenes of pursuit and mindless cruelty still return to me' (Douglas Hurd Daily Telegraph)

'If you think modern popular fiction should address serious issues as well as entertain, then The Heart of Danger is unmissable' (The Times)

'It's impossible to find fault with this book, which builds relentlessly to its climax' (Spectator)

'Unmissable' (The Times)

From the Publisher:

A thrilling classic from a master of the genre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0061009695
• ISBN 13: 9780061009693
• Binding: Paperback