Publisher Description

It is 1939 and the Second World War looms ever closer. Blind war veteran,Frederick Rowlands, travels to the neutral territory of Ireland at the behest ofCelia Swift, whose husband, Edward Swift, Lord Castleford, has been receivingmysterious death threats.When a body is discovered, Castleford finds himself being accused of a murderhe did not commit. As Castleford's trial begins, Rowlands must fight to save hisfriend's reputation - and his neck from the gallows. But will the Blind Detectiveidentify the true killer in time, or will it be too late?
In the latest instalment of Christina Koning's acclaimed Blind Detective series, acountry teeters on the knife-edge of war while a man's life also hangs in thebalance ...

Author Biography

Christina Koning has worked as a journalist, reviewing fiction for The Times,and has taught Creative Writing at the University of Oxford and Birkbeck,University of London. From 2013 to 2015, she was Royal Literary Fund Fellowat Newnham College, Cambridge. She won the Encore Prize in 1999 and waslong-listed for the Orange Prize in the same year.

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