The Ignorance of Blood (Inspector Falcon) - Hardcover

Wilson, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012458 ISBN 13: 9780151012459

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009

Synopsis

Hardcover. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 432 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The final psychological thriller in the Javier Falcon quartet that includes 'The Hidden Assassins'. and 'The Blind Man of Seville' A spectacular car crash in the sweltering Seville summer accidentally ings to light a suitcase filled with millions in cash - and the prospect of a serious mafia presence on Inspector Jefe Javier Falcn's beat.As a turf war erupts. Falcn finds himself and those closest to him personally targeted by the lethal forces suddenly unleashed. In the face of attack. Falcn decides to retaliate with a ruthlessness that surprises him as much as his adversaries. But it will come at a tragic price.The final. stunning chapter in the critically acclaimed Javier Falcn series. - This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Description:

Helping to track down the bombers responsible for a terror attack in Seville, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón finds the case further complicated by the suspicious death of a gangster, a drug and prostitution turf war, and a blackmail attempt on Falcón's best friend by Islamic extremists.

Review:

In The Ignorance of Blood, the final book of Robert Wilson’s sterling Javier Falcón sequence, his doughty police inspector is in the middle of a battle between Russian mafia groups. He has made a promise to the inhabitants of Seville that he will track down those behind a bombing which has wrecked a pre-school building, and killed many -- including children. Falcón is stumped until a connection with the Russian mob becomes apparent after a fatal car accident. But things are complicated for Falcón when his closest friend, the Moroccan Yacoub Diori (who spies for the Spanish intelligence agency), is blackmailed by a group of terrorists into whose organisation he has inveigled himself.

In The Ignorance of Blood, Robert Wilson demonstrates once again his effortless skill at orchestrating a variety of elements: vividly drawn, fully-rounded characters, complex and intriguing plotting (with endemic corruption and the impact of the past on the present recurring themes), and – perhaps most piquant of all – a strong and atmospheric sense of place; few novels have conjured up the sultry city of Seville with the skill on offer here.

This, regrettably, is the final book in Wilson’s much-admired Falcón quartet will inspire a duality of feeling in readers who have keenly followed the sequence: satisfaction that Wilson has written such a satisfyingfinis to the quartet, and regret that this is to be our last time in the company of the intriguing Javier Falcón. But we can at least anticipate further achievements from the highly talented Robert Wilson. --Barry Forshaw

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0151012458
• ISBN 13: 9780151012459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 422