In this "fine mystery . . . British expat/private investigator in West Africa, Medway is as fully realized as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe" ( Publishers Weekly).In West Africa's underworld, nothing is sacred and no one is safe. Even its most experienced denizens can get caught off guard, as fixer-for-hire Bruce Medway discovers when a case gone wrong entangles him in toxic-waste scams, mafia money, and—worst of all—a quest for vengeance.After ...

A poignant, "top rank" espionage thriller spanning from WWII to the Cold War from the award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon ( The Guardian).Portugal, 1944. Recruited by British intelligence to help uncover Nazi secrets of atomic warfare, math prodigy Andrea Aspinall soon disappears into the crowds of Lisbon, hiding behind a new identity. Karl Voss, an attaché for German intelligence, arrives in the city under the purported agen...

The award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon "powerfully evokes West Africa" in this mystery thriller of greed, murder and human trafficking ( Publishers Weekly).When schoolgirls begin to disappear on the West African coast, "troubleshooter" Bruce Medway tries to remain detached. Meanwhile, he reluctantly accepts a job from his former nemesis, the mafia capo Roberto Franconelli. Bruce now has forty-eight hours to find a French trader named ...

Nazi wartime deals and the modern-day murder of a Portuguese teen are linked with originality and suspense in this award–winning crime novel.1941. Klaus Felsen, forced out of his Berlin factory into the SS, arrives in a luminous Lisbon, where Nazis and Allies, refugees and entrepreneurs, dance to the strains of opportunism and despair. Felsen's assignment takes him to the bleak mountains of the north where a devious and brutal battle is being fought for an element v...

Bruce Medway is the target of a deadly conspiracy in "this darkly tangled thriller" by the CWA Gold Dagger Award–winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon ( Kirkus Reviews).As a fixer, Bruce Medway makes his living doing things other people don't want to do. And in the seedier corners of West Africa, there are plenty of tasks that need doing. For example, porn producer Fat Paul needs someone to deliver a video to the Ivory Coast, but the recipient...

A Russian gangster's death draws a Spanish police detective into danger in this "exciting, morally complex series" by the author of A Small Death in Lisbon ( The Washington Post).As a sweltering Seville recovers from the shock of a terrorist attack, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón is struggling to find the bombers. The death of a gangster in a spectacular car crash offers vital evidence implicating the Russian mafia in his investigation, but it pitch...

This debut thriller by the award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon is "a witty, fast-moving and picaresque tale" set in West Africa (Nelson DeMille).A British expat, Bruce Medway gets by as a fixer and troubleshooter in the West African country of Benin. He's been in tough spots before, but never faced anything life-threatening until he did business with the mighty Madame Severnou. While she's dangerously unhappy with him, it's just as well that hi...

As perplexing murder leads a Spanish detective into the dangerous cultural tensions of Seville in this thriller by the author of A Small Death in Lisbon.Chief Inspector Javier Falcón is called to the disturbing scene of a faceless, mutilated corpse found in a municipal dump. But just as he begins his investigation, the beautiful city of Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. The discovery of a mosque in the basement of a destroyed apartment building con...

Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón investigates a series of suspicious suicides in the "intricate [and] chilling" follow up to The Blind Man of Seville ( Publishers Weekly).In an exclusive suburb of Seville, Spain, a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, the tragic conclusion to an apparent suicide pact. Lucia Vega has been suffocated in her own bed, while her husband, construction magnate Rafael Vega, has succumbed to poison, a bizarre note clutc...

Around the world, the children of the rich are disappearing . . . A chilling thriller starring kidnapping expert Charles Boxer, "a great character" ( Kirkus Reviews).Kidnapping expert Charles Boxer is contemplating retirement. He's found a measure of contentment, even as a mystery from his own past gnaws at his sense of justice. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, Mercy, balances a complicated personal life with an even more precarious professional one in the woefully...

"Shadows of Deception: Love in a World of Disinformation" is a captivating spy thriller and romance novel set in Washington, D.C. The story follows the life of Emily Harper, an ambitious investigative journalist, and James Bennett, a skilled CIA operative.

The novel is set in a futuristic or space-faring setting where humanity has expanded its reach beyond Earth. The story centers on a group of characters who become embroiled in a conflict with a group of spacefaring marauders or "vandals" who threaten the stability of the cosmos.The "vandals" in the title refer to these antagonistic forces that disrupt the peace and order of space, possibly engaging in acts of piracy, sabotage, or other forms of cosmic terrorism. The protagonists, who are o...