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  | | Black Out(Reprint) An Inspector Troy Thriller (The Inspector Troy Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2011 by Grove Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4556-7, ISBN: 0-8021-4556-6 "John Lawton’s debut novel—first published by Viking in 1995, and now being reissued by Grove Press—is a stunning, war-time thriller that cements his place among the greatest crime writers of our era. The first of the Inspector Troy novels, Black Out singularly captures the realities of wartime London, weaving them into a riveting drama that encapsulates the uncertainty of Europe at the dawn of the postwar era.London, 1944. While the L ..." |
 | | A Lily of the Field(Reprint) An Inspector Troy Novel (The Inspector Troy Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2011 by Grove Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4546-8, ISBN: 0-8021-4546-9 "Spanning the tumultuous years 1934 to 1948, John Lawton's "A Lily of the Field" is a brilliant historical thriller from a master of the form. The book follows two charactersMeret Voytek, a talented young cellist living in Vienna at the novel's start, and Dr. Karel Szabo, a Hungarian physicist interned in a camp on the Isle of Man. In his seventh Inspector Troy novel, Lawton moves seamlessly from Vienna and Auschwitz to the deserts of Ne ..." |
 | | Bluffing Mr. Churchill An Inspector Troy Thriller (The Inspector Troy Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2012 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4555-0, ISBN: 0-8021-4555-8 "It is 1941. Wolfgang Stahl, an American spy operating undercover as an SS officer, has just fled Germany with Hitler’s henchmen on his trail. He is carrying valuable cargo—the blueprint of the Führer’s secret plan to invade Russia. Stahl’s man in the American embassy, the shy and sheltered Calvin M. Cormack, is teamed with a boisterous MI5 officer, Walter Stilton, to find the spy and bring him to safety. Their investigation takes ..." |
 | | Second Violin(Reprint) An Inspector Troy Thriller (The Inspector Troy Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Grove Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4431-7, ISBN: 0-8021-4431-4 "One of todayâs top historical espionage writers, considered as good as Le Carréâ (Chicago Tribune) and a masterâ (Rocky Mountain News), John Lawton adds another spellbinding thriller to his Inspector Troy series with Second Violin. The sixth installment in the series, Lawtonâs new novel opens in 1938 with Europe on the brink of war. In London, Frederick Troy, newly promoted to the prestigious murder squad at Scotland Yard, is ..." |
 | | Flesh Wounds(Reprint) An Inspector Troy Novel (The Inspector Troy Novels) by John Lawton, Pauline Reage, S. D'estree Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4230-6, ISBN: 0-8021-4230-3 "Praised for their riveting, ingenious plot twists, John Lawton's series of espionage thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard have an uncanny ability to place readers in the thick of history. Now in Flesh Wounds, an old flame has returned to Troy's life: Kitty Stilton, wife of an American presidential hopeful. Private eye Joey Rork has been hired to make sure Kitty's amorous liaisons with a rat pack crooner do ..." |
 | | The Unfortunate Englishman(Reprint) A Joe Wilderness Novel (The Joe Wilderness Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2017 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2635-1, ISBN: 0-8021-2635-9 "Berlin, 1963. East End-Londoner turned spy Joe Wilderness has had better days. He is sitting in a West Berlin jail, arrested for shooting someone he thought was about to kill him. His old boss, Lieutenant Burne-Jones of MI6, comes to Berlin to free him, but only under the condition that he rejoin British Intelligence. The knowledge that Wilderness gained of Berlin’s underworld while working the black market just after World War II will ..." |
 | | A Lily of the Field(1st Edition) A Novel (Inspector Troy) by John Lawton Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2010 by Atlantic Monthly Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-1956-8, ISBN: 0-8021-1956-5 "The book opens with a prologue set in a London park in 1948: two men named Viktor and Andre Skolnik are talking. Viktor wishes to be released from his service to the Communist party. Andre says this is impossible.Back in 1934, in Vienna, 10 year-old Meret Voytek, daughter of a Hungarian theatre director, becomes a pupil of esteemed musician Professor Viktor Rosen, a Jew in exile from Germany. He becomes her mentor, educating her in poli ..." |
 | | Moscow Exile (Hardcover) by John Lawton Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2023 by Grove/Atlantic, Inc., New York ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-5802-4, ISBN: 0-8021-5802-1 |
 | | Hammer to Fall (The Joe Wilderness Novels) by John Lawton Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2020 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4812-4, ISBN: 0-8021-4812-3 "The third Joe Wilderness spy thriller from a master of the genre, moving from icy Finland to tumultuous Cold War Prague, Hammer to Fall is a tale of vodka smuggling and a legendary female Red Army general who is playing a dangerous game It’s London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, his postings are more grim than glamorous. Luckily, Wilderness has a ..." |
 | | Then We Take Berlin(1st Edition) A Joel Wilderness Novel (The Joe Wilderness Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2014 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2276-6, ISBN: 0-8021-2276-0 "Joe Wilderness is a World War II orphan, a condition that he thinks excuses him from common morality. Cat burglar, card sharp, and Cockney wide boy, the last thing he wants is to get drafted. But in 1946 he finds himself in the Royal Air Force, facing a stretch in military prison . . . when along comes Lt Colonel Burne-Jones to tell him MI6 has better use for his talents. Posted to occupied Berlin, interrogating ex-Nazis, and burgling t ..." |
 | | Blue Rondo (Inspector Troy) by John Lawton Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2013 by Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61185-587-6, ISBN: 1-61185-587-X "The new 'Troy' from John Lawton is a gem. The backdrop is London in the late 1950s. The East End is ripe for redevelopment; the property sharks are buying up the bombsites and Victorian terraces; corruption is rife; Macmillan is PM of a shaky Tory government; Gaitskell expects to succeed as the first Labour PM for almost a decade to the delight of Troy's brothers, one an MP, the other a Fleet Street editor. Troy's last big case (told in ..." |
 | | Then We Take Berlin by John Lawton Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2013 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2196-7, ISBN: 0-8021-2196-9 "Joe Wilderness is a World War II orphan, a condition that he thinks excuses him from common morality. Cat burglar, card sharp, and Cockney wide boy, the last thing he wants is to get drafted. But in 1946 he finds himself in the Royal Air Force, facing a stretch in military prison . . . when along comes Lt Colonel Burne-Jones to tell him MI6 has better use for his talents. Posted to occupied Berlin, interrogating ex-Nazis, and burgling t ..." |
 | | Lily of the Field (Inspector Troy) by John Lawton Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2012 by Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61185-591-3, ISBN: 1-61185-591-8 |
 | | Black Out (Inspector Troy) by John Lawton Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61185-592-0, ISBN: 1-61185-592-6 "Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. The Blitz, London, 1944. As the Luftwaffe make their last desperate assault on the city, Londoners take to the shelters once again and eagerly await the signal for D-Day. In the East End children lead police to a charred, dismembered corpse buried in a bomb ..." |
 | | Second Violin(1st Edition) by John Lawton Hardcover, 420 Pages, Published 2007 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN-13: 978-0-297-85196-7, ISBN: 0-297-85196-9 "One of today’s top historical espionage writers, considered as good as Le Carré” (Chicago Tribune) and a master” (Rocky Mountain News), John Lawton adds another spellbinding thriller to his Inspector Troy series with Second Violin. The sixth installment in the series, Lawton’s new novel opens in 1938 with Europe on the brink of war. In London, Frederick Troy, newly promoted to the prestigious murder squad at Scotland Yard, is put in c ..." |
 | | A Little White Death(1st Edition) An Inspector Troy Thriller (The Inspector Troy Novels) by John Lawton Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2007 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4290-0, ISBN: 0-8021-4290-7 "The latest novel from the master spy novelist John Lawton follows Inspector Troy, now Scotland Yard’s chief detective, deep into a scandal reminiscent of the infamous Profumo affair.England in 1963 is a country set to explode. The old guard, shocked by the habits of the war baby youth, sets out to fight back. The battle reaches uncomfortably close to Troy. While he is on medical leave, the Yard brings charges against an acquaintance of ..." |
 | | A Little White Death(1st Edition) by John Lawton Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2006 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-932-0, ISBN: 0-87113-932-4 "The latest novel from the master spy novelist John Lawton follows Inspector Troy, now Scotland Yard’s chief detective, deep into a scandal reminiscent of the infamous Profumo affair. England in 1963 is a country set to explode. The old guard, shocked by the habits of the war baby youth sex, drugs, and rock and roll sets out to fight back. The battle moves uncomfortably close to Chief Inspector Troy. While Troy is on medical leave fo ..." |
 | | Flesh Wounds(1st Edition) by John Lawton Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2005 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-698-5, ISBN: 0-87113-698-8 "Praised for their riveting, ingenious plot twists, John Lawton's series of espionage thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard have an uncanny ability to place readers in the thick of history. Now in Flesh Wounds, an old flame has returned to Troy's life: Kitty Stilton, wife of an American presidential hopeful. Private eye Joey Rork has been hired to make sure Kitty's amorous liaisons with a rat pack crooner do ..." |
 | | Old Flames(Updated) by John Lawton Paperback, 497 Pages, Published 1997 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-0-7528-0848-2, ISBN: 0-7528-0848-6 |
 | | Black Out(1st Edition) A Novel by John Lawton Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 1995 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-85767-8, ISBN: 0-670-85767-X "Investigating a series of brutal murders that target German refugee scientists as a means of cracking the Nazi atomic rocketry program, young Detective Sergeant Frederick Troy becomes enmeshed in a conspiracy by the OSS. A first novel. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo." |
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