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A Small Death in Lisbon

A Small Death in Lisbon

by RobertWilson (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.45
Synopsis

This stunning, atmospheric thriller set in war-torn Europe won the CWA Gold Dagger and has now been reissued with the Javier Falcon series. A Portuguese bank is founded on the back of Nazi wartime deals. Over half a century later a young girl is murdered in Lisbon. 1941. Klaus Felsen, SS, arrives in Lisbon and the strangest party in history where Nazis and Allies, refugees and entrepreneurs dance to the strains of opportunism and despair. Felsen's war takes him to the bleak mountains of the north where a brutal battle is being fought for an element vital to Hitler's blitzkrieg. Late 1990s, Lisbon. Inspector Ze Coelho is investigating the murder of a young girl with a disturbing sexual past. As Ze digs deeper he overturns the dark soil of history and unearths old bones. The 1974 revolution has left injustices of the old fascist regime unresolved. But there's an older, greater injustice for which this small death in Lisbon is horrific compensation, and in his final push for the truth, Ze must face the most chilling opposition.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 544
 Edition: (Reissue)
 Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 16 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 000651202X
ISBN 13: 9780006512028
Book Overview: This stunning, atmospheric thriller set in war-torn Europe won the CWA Gold Dagger and has now been reissued with the Javier Falcon series. / A huge and ambitious thriller in the tradition of Alan Furst and Robert Harris, and the breakout book from the acclaimed author of the Bruce Medway series / Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year / Robert Wilson has garnered stunning reviews for his West African mysteries, and A Small Death in Lisbon is guaranteed to excite his fans among the critics and the public, as well as breaking him out to a big new readership. / Marketing campaign to support our commitment to this hugely talented author: 6 sheet ad-shell bus stops in London; 12 sheet posters in BR stations; samplers at airport lounges and WHS travel branches in London stations / Competition: Robert Harris, Alan Furst, Sebastian Faulks
 Prizes: Winner of CWA Gold Dagger for Fiction 1999 and Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award 1999.

Media Reviews
Compulsively readable! rich in history and intrigue, love and death. Bold, inventive and wholly successful! Wilson unmistakably delivers the goods.' Literary Review 'This is vintage suspense writing; sharp, cold, mean and funny.' Alan Furst 'A gripping and absorbing drama that spans Europe from wartime Berlin to contemporary Lisbon.' Val McDermid 'A class act!For once a novelist influenced by Raymond Chandler is not shown up by the comparison.' Sunday Times
Author Bio
Robert Wilson has spent several years in West Africa, and he drew on this experience for his Bruce Medway novels. He and his wife now live in Portugal, the setting for 'A Small Death in Lisbon'.