Author: John Lawton
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Historical fiction, Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Thriller
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Vienna, 1934. Ten-year-old cello prodigy Meret Voytek becomes a pupil of concert pianist Viktor Rosen, a Jew in exile from Germany.The Isle of Man, 1940. An interned Hungarian physicist is recruited for the Manhattan Project in Los Alomos, building the atom bomb for the Americans. Auschwitz, 1944. Meret is imprisoned but is saved from certain death to play the cello in the camp orchestra. She is playing for her life. London, 1948. Viktor Rosen wants to relinquish his Communist Party membership after thirty years. His comrade and friend reminds him that he committed for life...These seemingly unconnected strands all collide forcefully with a brazen murder on a London Underground platform, revealing an intricate web of secrecy and deception. The ensuing events have personal significance for Scotland Yard Detective Frederick Troy. He finds himself pursuing a case with deadly and far-reaching consequences that ultimately threaten the balance of power in Europe.
This book is part of the "Inspector Troy" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Flesh Wounds"
First published in 2005
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 | "Blue Rondo"
First published in 2005
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 | "A Little White Death"
First published in 1998
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 | "Old Flames"
First published in 1996
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 | "Black Out"
First published in 1995
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 | "Second Violin"
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