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- Title: Friends and Traitors
- Author : John Lawton
- Release Date : January 03, 2017
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 7379 KB
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Inspector Troy of Scotland Yard stars in thriller thatâs âpart murder mystery, part spy tale . . . a wickedly seductive entertainmentâ (TheWashington Post).
London, 1958. Chief Superintendent Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard, newly promoted after good service during Nikita Khrushchevâs visit to Britain, is not looking forward to a European trip with his older brother, Rod. Rod has decided to take his entire family on âthe Grand Tourâ for his fifty-first birthday: a whirlwind of restaurants, galleries, and concert halls from Paris to Florence to Vienna to Amsterdam.
But Frederick Troy only gets as far as Vienna. It is there that he crosses paths with an old acquaintance, a man who always seems to be followed by trouble: British-spy-turned-Soviet-agent Guy Burgess. Suffice it to say that Troy is more than surprised when Burgess, who has escaped from the bosom of Moscow for a quick visit to Vienna, tells him something extraordinary: âI want to come home.â Troy knows this news will cause a ruckus in Londonâbut even Troy doesnât expect an MI5 man to be gunned down as a result, with Troy himself suspected of doing the deed . . .
âAn artful blend of two ever-popular subjects: espionage and British police work.â âThe Seattle Times
âThe surprises keep coming, not merely up to the last chapter but even to the novelâs very last line.â âPittsburgh Post-Gazette
âLawtonâs superb eighth Inspector Troy novel . . . [a] smart, fascinating historical thriller.â âPublishers Weekly (starred review)
âA beguiling interpretation of [Guy] Burgessâ life both before and after his defection in 1951.â âBooklist (starred review)