The second stunning literary crime novel in the Song Cycle trilogy from the acclaimed author of Booker-longlisted PEACETIME, and THE BOOK OF THE HEATHEN. In the second volume of the Song Cycle trilogy, Hull private Investigator Leo Rivers is approached by the mother of a girl who disappeared a year earlier in violent and mysterious circumstances. Investigating both the background to this disappearance, and the man held to be responsible, Rivers is drawn through a long, hot summer into a world of human-trafficking and Governmental corruption at every turn, each unravelled piece of the mystery...
The second stunning literary crime novel in the Song Cycle trilogy from the acclaimed author of Booker-longlisted PEACETIME, and THE BOOK OF THE HEATH...
An impoverished child murderer unexpectedly appeals his conviction. In return for a reduced sentence, he offers to implicate those who were involved in the crimes but never caught, provide evidence of police corruption, and, most importantly, reveal the whereabouts of the corpses of several teenage girls. Distressed at what may come to light, yet desperate to locate the body of his own missing daughter, the father of one of the girls approaches Private Investigator Leo Rivers with a plea for help.
An impoverished child murderer unexpectedly appeals his conviction. In return for a reduced sentence, he offers to implicate those who were involved i...
It is 1897, and in an isolated station in the Belgian Congo an Englishman is to be tried for the murder of a native child. His friends seek to find out the true circumstances of the crime, against the backdrop of a dangerous and rapidly-changing world.
It is 1897, and in an isolated station in the Belgian Congo an Englishman is to be tried for the murder of a native child. His friends seek to find ou...
In northern England, Charles Weightman has been given the task of overseeing the flooding of Forge Valley, & the eviction of its lingering residents. As the winter creeps steadily forward & the waters begin to rise in Forge Valley, it seems that the impending deluge cannot be avoided: neither by the locals, nor by Weightman.
In northern England, Charles Weightman has been given the task of overseeing the flooding of Forge Valley, & the eviction of its lingering residents. ...
Germany, spring, 1946. The Nuremberg Trials are under way. 300 miles north, in the Rohstadt Institute, a British 'Assessment and Evaluation' centre, Alex Foster interrogates a succession of lesser war criminals, exploring their pasts and their crimes, and deciding their futures in the soon-to-be reborn Germany.
Germany, spring, 1946. The Nuremberg Trials are under way. 300 miles north, in the Rohstadt Institute, a British 'Assessment and Evaluation' centre, A...
In December 1922, Ivor Gurney, ex-soldier, poet and composer was transferred from Barnwood House Asylum in Gloucester to the City of London Mental Hospital, Dartford. Suffering from increasingly frequent and deepening bouts of 'Systemized Delusional Insanity', Gurney was to spend the rest of his life there.
In December 1922, Ivor Gurney, ex-soldier, poet and composer was transferred from Barnwood House Asylum in Gloucester to the City of London Mental Hos...
Switzerland, 1919. Elizabeth Mortlake, companion to her widowed sister-in-law, meets two ex-officers striving to bring peace and order to their lives after the war.
Switzerland, 1919. Elizabeth Mortlake, companion to her widowed sister-in-law, meets two ex-officers striving to bring peace and order to their lives ...