Black Out: 1 (Inspector Troy Novels) - Softcover

Lawton, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802145566 ISBN 13: 9780802145567

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011

Synopsis

John Lawton's debut novel--first published by Viking in 1995, and now being reissued by Grove Press--is a stunning, war-time thriller that cements his place among the greatest crime writers of our era. The first of the Inspector Troy novels, "Black Out" singularly captures the realities of wartime London, weaving them into a riveting drama that encapsulates the uncertainty of Europe at the dawn of the postwar era. London, 1944. While the Luftwaffe makes its final assault on the already battered British capital, Londoners rush through the streets, seeking underground shelter in the midst of the city's black out. When the panic subsides, other things begin to surface along with London's war-worn citizens. A severed arm is discovered by a group of children playing at an East End bomb site, and when Scotland Yard's Dective Sergeant Frederick Troy arrives at the scene, it becomes apparent that the dismembered body is not the work of a V-1 rocket. After Troy manages to link the severed arm to the disappearance of a refugee scientist form Nazi Germany, America's newest intelligence agency, the OSS, decides to get involved. The son of a titled Russian emigre, Troy is forced to leave the London he knows and enter a corrupt world of bloody consequences, stateless refugees, and mysterious women as he unearths a chain of secrets leading straight to the Allied high command.

About this title

Book Description:

The first Detective-Sergeant Troy novel - set during the Blitz in London, 1944

About the Author:

John Lawton has spent the last ten years making television programmes, mostly for Channel 4, and editing volumes of H. G. Wells' work. He is the author of the Detective-Sergeant Troy series of crime novels. He lives in Derbyshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0802145566
• ISBN 13: 9780802145567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416