{"product_id":"9781409190271","title":"The Unwanted Dead","description":"Author: Chris Lloyd\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781409190271\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Mar 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;h2\u0026gt;'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.' \u003c\/b\u003eANDREW TAYLOR\u0026lt;\/h2\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTION*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Terrific'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of the Month\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thoughtful, haunting thriller' \u003c\/b\u003eMICK HERRON\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharp and compelling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SUN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * * *\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026lt;h3\u0026gt;Paris, Friday 14th June 1940.\u0026lt;\/h3\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe day the Nazis march into Paris, making headlines around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis police detective Eddie Giral - a survivor of the last World War - watches helplessly on as his world changes forever.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwanted dead, who no one wants to claim.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, between truth and lies, between the man he is and the man he was.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll the while becoming whoever he must be to survive in this new and terrible order descending on his home...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * * *\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Lloyd's Second World War Paris is rougher than Alan Furst's, and Eddie Giral, his French detective, is way edgier than Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther ... Ranks alongside both for its convincingly cloying atmosphere of a city subjugated to a foreign power, a plot that reaches across war-torn Europe and into the rifts in the Nazi factions, and a hero who tries to be a good man in a bad world. \u003cb\u003ePowerful stuff.\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A tense and gripping mystery which hums with menace and dark humour as well as immersing the reader in the life of occupied Paris' \u003cb\u003eJudges, HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Excellent ... In Eddie Giral, Lloyd has created a character reminiscent of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther, oozing with attitude and a conflicted morality that powers a complex, polished plot. \u003cb\u003eHistorical crime at its finest.\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVASEEM KHAN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight at Malabar House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMonumentally impressive\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eA truly wonderful book.\u003c\/b\u003e If somebody'd given it to me and told me it was the latest Robert Harris, I wouldn't have been surprised. \u003cb\u003eEddie Giral is a wonderful creation.\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALIS HAWKINS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA terrific read - gripping and well-paced.\u003c\/b\u003e The period atmosphere is excellent.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARK ELLIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThe best kind of crime novel: gripping, thought-provoking and moving.\u003c\/b\u003e In Detective Eddie Giral, Chris Lloyd has created a flawed hero not just for occupied Paris, but for our own times, too.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKATHERINE STANSFIELD\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713830146206,"sku":"ADS-9781409190271","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781409190271.jpg?v=1776039664","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781409190271","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}