Lawton John

Lawton John: Still paying my dues... 2000 [CD]

<b>OBS! Import.</b><br/><br/><i>Typ: CD / Album Digipak</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b><br/><br/><i>Typ: CD / Album</i>

1950. Chief Inspector Troy learns that his sergeant has been conducting an affair with the known mistress of infamous London racketeer Otto Ohnherz. Troy is immediately intrigued by the mysterious origins of Ohnherz's second-in-command, Jay Fabian, who is a major contributor to all three British political parties and claims to have survived the concentration camps, yet lacks any identification beyond his word. Why would a refugee be trying to buy influence? So begins a novel of swapped identities in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, each chapter adding a new layer of intrigue.<br/><br/>With a twisting plotline, crackling dialogue and the return of beloved characters, <i>Smoke and Embers</i> is an exciting new addition to John Lawton's masterful canon of Cold War thrillers.

Charlotte is a British expatriate who has recently settled in Washington, D.C. with her second husband, but enviable dinner parties aren't the only thing she is planning. Meanwhile, Charlie Leigh-Hunt has been posted to Washington as a replacement for Guy Burgess, last seen disappearing around the corner and into the Soviet Union. Charlie is surprised to cross paths with Charlotte, an old flame of his, who, thanks to her gossipy parties, has a packed pocketbook full of secrets she is eager to share. <br/><br/>Two decades later, in 1969, Joe Wilderness is stuck on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, held captive by the KGB, a chip in a game way above his pay grade - but his old friends Frank and Eddie are going to try to spring him out of the toughest prison in the world. All roads lead back to Berlin, and to the famous Bridge of Spies...<br/><br/>Featuring crackling dialogue and brilliantly plotted Cold War intrigue, <i>Moscow Exile</i> is a gripping thriller populated by larger-than-life personalities in a Cold War plot that feels strangely in tune with our present.