Black Out, John Lawton
Black Out, John Lawton
1 Rating(s)
List: $22.95 | Sale: $16.07
Club: $11.47

Black Out
An Inspector Troy Novel

Author: John Lawton

Narrator: Lewis Hancock

Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2017


Synopsis

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 blackout. 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 Detective 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 from Nazi Germany, America’s newest intelligence agency, the OSS, decides to get involved. The son of a titled Russian émigré, 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 John Lawton

John Lawton is the author of the Inspector Troy series, the Joe Wilderness series, Sweet Sunday, and 1963, a volume of history. He has also edited reissued books by H. G. Wells, D. H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad. His Inspector Troy novels have been named Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times Book Review. He lives in the north of England and Italy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lewis

A murder mystery that morphs into a tale of espionage and counter-espionage in the closing days of WWII in London. Well written with excellent characters and a meaningful underlying plot.......more

Goodreads review by Lewis

An excellent mystery story set in WWII London.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

Man, this book grabs you at the beginning but then everything goes too far. Some good background info on life in London during WWII and afterwords but events were not realistic or believable and it is a very long book considering those objections. Kindle Unlimited......more


Quotes

“Wonderfully captures the atmosphere of wartime London…Original and entertaining.” Robert Harris, New York Times bestselling author

“John Lawton is so captivating that I’d happily hear him out on any subject.” New York Times Book Review

“Likely to keep readers turning pages.” Publishers Weekly