Book description
Cairo, June 1942. A city blistering under the lash of a relentless
summer and panicked by the implacable advance of Hitler's most
talented general, Erwin Rommel. It is the worst possible time and
place for the body of a senior British officer to be found in a
rubbish bin, bathed in blood.
His murder has been made to look like a political assassination by
local extremists opposed to British rule, but former New York cop Joe
Quinn isn't buying that. He senses more fundamental human emotions at
play. For Quinn, it's like old times, a reminder of his past. One he
doesn't want to revisit. Thrown out of the New York Police Department
as a liability after the tragic death of his son, he probably
shouldn't be a cop any longer, but maybe he's just what this case
needs.
The investigation leads him through the underbelly of an exotic,
violent and seedy city to the heart of the Cairo's high command and
the possibility that a highly placed spy is feeding the allies' most
sensitive secrets to Rommel, waiting out in the desert.
Only one woman has seen the killer - an American named Amy White.
The trouble is Joe Quinn's already falling for her and if he doesn't
stop the spy soon, then not just Amy, but everything else he holds
dear is certain to be brutally eliminated ...
Tom Bradby has been a senior correspondent for ITN for more than a
decade. As Ireland Correspondent, he covered the unfolding peace process
before going on to become Political Correspondent. He then spent three
years based in Hong Kong as Asia Correspondent, during which time he was
shot and seriously wounded whilst covering a riot in Jakarta. After a
period as Royal Correspondent he has since before the Home Affairs
Editor. He is the acclaimed author of
Shadow Dancer, The Sleep of the
Dead
,
The Master of Rain
, which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger
for Best Thriller of the Year 2002, and
The White Russian
, which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters
Award for the Best Historical Crime Novel of 2003. He lives in England
with his wife and three children.
