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The Tattoo Murder
What to expect
Past and present explode in murder.
A counter-terrorist organization stops the murder of a French politician in the Pyrenees. The would-be assassin is killed at the scene. He has a disturbing tattoo on his arm.
Eric Ward meets Ben Shaw at a bankers’ dinner. Ben hires him to look into his old rival and Eric’s ex-wife’s probable new lover, Jason Sullivan. Jason’s disappeared and so has the money for a project he was working on.
DCI Spate is looking into illegal immigration in Newcastle. He speaks to Peter Olinger, local construction magnate, who seems a little shady and has large gambling debts. What’s he hiding?
What connects the three strands is very dark and dangerous indeed.
Critics Review
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“Roy Lewis is a writer who believes in keeping his readers on their toes with plenty of twists and surprises.”
Daily Telegraph (London), praise for the author
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“Tightly written, well-paced, and relentlessly accurate.”
Oxford Times (Oxford, England), praise for the series
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“Tense, impressively evocative, and related in a refreshingly old-fashioned manner.”
Chicago Tribune, praise for the series
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Details
- Author
- Roy Lewis
- Narrator
- John Lee
- Duration
- 7 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 June 2023
- ISBN
- 9798200986651
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
Past and present explode in murder.A counter-terrorist organization stops the murder of a French politician in the Pyrenees. The would-be assassin is killed at the scene. He has a disturbing tattoo on his arm.Eric Ward meets Ben Shaw at a bankers’ dinner. Ben hires him to look into his old rival and Eric’s ex-wife’s probable new lover, Jason Sullivan. Jason’s disappeared and so has the money for a project he was working on.DCI Spate is looking into illegal immigration in Newcastle. He speaks to Peter Olinger, local construction magnate, who seems a little shady and has large gambling debts. What’s he hiding?What connects the three strands is very dark and dangerous indeed.
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