The City Under Siege
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2020
Summary
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER
1941, and Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is ferrying documents between Dublin and war-torn London. When Ireland’s greatest actor is arrested in Soho, after the brutal murder of a gay man, Stefan extricates him from an embarrassing situation. But suddenly he is looking at a series of murders, stretching across Britain and Ireland. The deaths were never investigated deeply as they were not considered a priority. And there a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472130389 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472130383 |
| Author: | Michael Russell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Stefan Gillespie |
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Critics Review
Having already brought 1930s Dublin and Danzig vividly to life in his outstanding debut The City of Shadows, Russell does the same for New York in a sequel that’s even better. The unique complexity of Ireland’s divided loyalties and enmities on the eve of the Second World War is explored with unusual clarity and intelligence, and there are plenty of thrills and spills too’ - Crime Writers’ Association Jury on ‘The City in Darkness’
Complex but compelling … utterly vivid and convincing … Michael Russell’s style is a pleasure: easy, fluent, clear, always calm and never over-heated. The result is an exciting comfort read, which sounds like a paradox but isn’t - Independent on Sunday on The City in DarknessPart thriller and part historical novel, this is a blinder of a read! - The Sun on The City in DarknessA great insight into a turbulent time in Dublin and Ireland, in a challenging-to-your-heartbeat kind of way - Evening Herald on The City in DarknessAbout The Author
Michael Russell
After a successful career as a television writer and producer, working on such series as A Touch of Frost, Midsomer Murders and Between the Lines, Michael Russell decided to write what he had always wanted to: books.
Michael’s Stefan Gillespie historical crime fiction series takes a sideways look at the Second World War through Irish eyes, and explores unexpected corners of the conflict, such as Danzig, New York and Franco’s Spain. The first two Stefan Gillespie novels, The City of Shadows and The City of Strangers were both shortlisted for Crime Writers’ Association awards.
Michael lives with his family in West Wicklow, in Ireland, not a million miles from Stefan Gillespie’s home.
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