Book description
THE FIRST KISZKA AND KERSHAW MYSTERY
A naked girl has washed up on the banks of the River Thames. The only
clue to her identity is a heart-shaped tattoo encircling two foreign
names. Who is she - and why did she die?
Life's already complicated enough for Janusz Kiszka, unofficial 'fixer'
for East London's Polish community: his priest has asked him to track
down a young waitress who has gone missing; a builder on the Olympics
site owes him a pile of money; and he's falling for married Kasia,
Soho's most strait-laced stripper. But when Janusz finds himself accused
of murder by an ambitious young detective, Natalie Kershaw, and pursued
by drug dealing gang members, he is forced to take an unscheduled trip
back to Poland to find the real killer.
In the mist-wreathed streets of his hometown of Gdansk, Janusz must
confront painful memories from the Soviet past if he is to uncover the
conspiracy - and with it, a decades-old betrayal. 'Lipska does for the
East End what Rankin does for Edinburgh' JAMES CRAIG, author of the
Inspector Carlyle series
'RIP Nordic crime. Here come the Poles.' EMLYN REES, author of Hunted
and Wanted
Already an e-book sensation, Lipska's debut novel won't disappoint
crime fiction fans… keeps the plot twists coming at every turn.
'The moment I started reading this exciting thriller, I felt that
thrill - the thrill of discovering a new favourite author.' MARK
EDWARDS, author of Catch Your Death and Killing Cupid
'It's not Anya Lipska's startling knowledge of police work that sets
her apart: it's how cleverly she uses it to enhance the plot of this
gripping thriller. A frighteningly good debut.' CHRIS SIMMS, author of
The Edge and Hell's Fire Originally trained as a journalist, Anya now
writes and produces documentaries and drama documentaries. She has
worked on an eclectic range of programmes from Panorama to Scrapheap
Challenge, with a rich mix of subject matter, from Leonardo da Vinci to
plane crashes, paleo-anthropology to Italian gardens with Monty Don.
