From the author of the BBC 2 Between the Covers hit, The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
''Truly ingenious'' The Tablet
Goddard sprinkles head-turning double-crossing with delightful by-play between his two leads'' The Times
''Fast-paced, beautifully crafted with some excellently drawn characters... engages from start to finish'' Choice Magazine
''Goddard writes amazing novels of mystery/suspense. His new one is magical and the title is simply the best'' Stephen King
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On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement, with not even an air-conditioned office to show for his long years of service, is handed a ticking time bomb of a case which will take him deep into Algeria''s troubled past and its fraught relationship with France.
To his dismay, he is assigned to work with Agent Hidouchi, an intimidating representative of the
