Old Flames, John Lawton
Old Flames, John Lawton
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Old Flames
An Inspector Troy Novel

Author: John Lawton

Narrator: Lewis Hancock

Unabridged: 16 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2017

Synopsis

In April 1956, at the height of the Cold War, Khrushchev and Bulganin, leaders of the Soviet Union, are in Britain on an official visit. Chief Inspector Troy of Scotland Yard is assigned to be Khrushchev’s bodyguard and to spy on him. Soon after, a Royal Navy diver is found dead and mutilated beyond recognition in Portsmouth Harbor. Troy embarks on an investigation that takes him to the rotten heart of MI6, to the distant days of his childhood, and into the dangerous arms of an old flame. Brilliantly evoking the intrigue of the Cold War and 1950s London, Old Flames is a thrilling adventure of intrigue and suspense.

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 HBalikov

This isn’t the first book written by Lawton about Inspector Troy, but it is more complicated and, arguably, better than the first. [URL not allowed] Troy has moved up at Scotland Yard and he is about to be detailed to a special group (outside his direct responsibilities and out......more

Goodreads review by Blaine

The 2nd book in the Inspector Troy series this book starts our awfully slow and then picks up steam. Here we deal with the death of a frogman who is allegedly spying on the Russians during a state dinner by Nikita Khrushchev. The action is very slow for the first 150 pages as we get some main charac......more

Goodreads review by Steven

The year is 1956 and the Cold War is in full bloom when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visits England in an attempt to show the “softer” side of the Russian regime three years following Stalin’s death. London is still recovering from the damage caused by German bombing from World War II and the Sue......more

Goodreads review by Sam

John Lawton's Inspector Troy series is a sprawling epic of a work that covers British life in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Somewhat confusingly, the publication order of the series does not follow the chronology of the stories; Blackout, set during the Blitz in wartime London, introd......more

Quotes

“If you yearn for stylish, sophisticated, suspenseful fiction, you need look no further…Uncommonly smart and engrossing.” Washington Post

“Dryly funny, smartly written, slightly macabre, and richly evocative of its Cold War setting. Lawton’s got a knack for nuanced character.” Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer

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