The Hidden Assassins - Hardcover

Wilson, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012393 ISBN 13: 9780151012398

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

Synopsis

As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón investigates a faceless, mutilated corpse, the beautiful city of Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. The discovery of a mosque in the basement of a devastated apartment building confirms everybody’s terrorist fears. Panic sweeps the city and the region goes on red alert. As more bodies are dragged from the rubble, the media interest and political pressure inten­sify and Falcón suspects that all is not what it appears to be. Just as he comes close to cracking the conspiracy, he makes the most terrifying discovery of all and the race is on to prevent a catastrophe far beyond Spain’s borders.  A masterful thriller, The Hidden Assassins is fiction of the highest order.

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Review

Praise for ‘The Silent and the Damned’:

‘First rate...Wilson at his best, a taut, gripping narrative and a sensitive study of the tormented detective.’ Telegraph

‘Wilson’s plotting is intricate, his detective endearingly human, Seville a captivating venue. This is crime fiction of high order.’ The Times

‘Its plotting is persuasive, its characterisation shrewd.’ Times Literary Supplement

Praise for ‘The Blind Man of Seville’:

‘Crime writing at its very best, but it is also something more...it excites, it surprises and it satisfies. This is a fine important novel.’ Philip Oakes, Literary Review

‘Admirably paced and enthrallingly elaborate.’ Sunday Times

‘To call [this] a thriller is to do a grave injustice to an utterly stunning achievement...a psychological thriller of real profundity. Wonderful!’ Paul Preston, author of Franco

‘An ingenious and compelling thriller.’ Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph

‘Brilliant.’ Chris Petit, Guardian

Praise for A Small Death in Lisbon:

‘Excellent... gripping and grim. A vivid and steamy stumble on the wild side’
Val McDermid

‘A densely plotted thriller, prickling with excitement... fiercely imagined and not a little frightening’
Literary Review

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR THE VANISHED HANDS
"Wilson artfully maintains the suspense until the very end." New York Post
"Tangy, sprawly, garrulous, astute, here s one more Wilson witchery." Los Angeles Times

"A toboggan ride into hell and back." The Columbus Dispatch
"Wilson s plotting is intricate, his detective endearingly human, Seville a captivating venue. This is crime fiction of high order." Times (London)

PRAISE FOR THE BLIND MAN OF SEVILLE

"Wilson has a talent for digging beneath the skin to explore psychological and emotional nuances." The New York Daily News

"Exquisitely painful." Buffalo News

"Splendid . . . consistently stunning, intriguing, and arresting." St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0151012393
• ISBN 13: 9780151012398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 453