The God of Chaos

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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 a senior British officer to be found brutally murdered.
His death 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, 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 Cairo's high command and the possibility that a well-placed spy is feeding the Allies' most sensitive secrets to the Desert Fox, poised for attack. But with tensions running high,... Tovább

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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 a senior British officer to be found brutally murdered.
His death 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, 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 Cairo's high command and the possibility that a well-placed spy is feeding the Allies' most sensitive secrets to the Desert Fox, poised for attack. But with tensions running high, it is increasingly unclear to Quinn whether the horrific murders are politically motivated or merely the end product of a sexual liaison gone badly wrong
Praise io/THE' MASTER OF RAIN' An immensely atmospheric, gripping detective story with just the right mixture of exoticism, violence and romanc^
THE WHITE RUSSIAN 'Intrigue of the highest order Sad, atmospheric and richly entertaining, The White Russian is the kind of historical fiction that may send you back to the real history books to learn more.; Vissza