Butterfly on the Storm: Heartland Trilogy Book 1 - Softcover

Lucius, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718181387 ISBN 13: 9780718181383

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2017

Synopsis

'Ambitious, intricate, riveting' The Times

** The first instalment in the bestselling original Dutch thriller**

Haunted by a past you can never escape . . .

A young boy is found in woods outside Amsterdam. Broken and bloody, he appears to be the victim of a brutal hit-and-run. When the police at the hospital ask what happened, the one word the boy repeats they don't understand.

But journalist Farah Hafez does. She left Afghanistan as a child and she recognises her native tongue. As the boy is taken into surgery she finds herself visiting the scene of the crime, seeking to discover how a little Afghan boy came to be so far from home.

Instead, she comes across a burnt-out car with two charred bodies inside - a sinister clue to something much darker than a simple road accident.

It is just the start of a journey that will lead her from one twist to another in an intricate web of crime and corruption that stretches from Amsterdam all the way to Moscow, Kabul and Johannesburg and deep into a past that Farah had sought to leave behind - a past that nearly killed her.

'Journalist Farah Hafez... is a character one can't help but fall for' Dutch Daily De Limburger

Butterfly on the Storm is the first mystery to unravel in a tense, explosive and gripping new trilogy you won't want to put down. For lovers of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, this fast-paced crime novel is this year's page-turner.

Praise for Walter Lucius

'Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping' Dutch Daily De Limburger

'Riveting until the very end' AD Weekend [Dutch Newspaper]

'The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers' BB Boekblad

About this title

Review:

Journalist Farah Hafez embarks on a journey that will lead her into an intricate web of crime and corruption in the start of a new Dutch trilogy which has drawn parallels with Stieg Larsson's Millennium series (from publisher's description)

Ambitious, intricate, riveting

(The Times)

It's been compared to Stieg Larsson's Millennium series ... Butterfly on the Storm is a compelling, engrossing read ... Walter Lucius is one to watch (Nudge)

Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping (Dutch Daily De Limburger)

Riveting until the very end (AD Weekend [Dutch Newspaper])

The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers (BB Boekblad)

From the Back Cover:

A young boy is left for dead on the side of a lonely road on the outskirts of Amsterdam. A burnt-out car containing two bodies is found nearby.

Journalist Farah Hafez is determined to uncover what has happened - no matter who tries to stop her.

Detective Joshua Calvino is sure that his partner is hiding something. But is it just about this case or sinister clues to a far darker mystery?

This one nameless child holds the key to exposing an intricate web of crime and corruption that stretches across the globe. As Farah embarks on a dangerous journey that takes her out of her country and deep into her own past, will she be able to stop it, before someone stops her?

Butterfly on the Storm is the first in a tense, atmospheric and gripping new Dutch trilogy which has drawn comparisons with Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0718181387
• ISBN 13: 9780718181383
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528