From the Winner of the HWA Gold Crown for Best Historical Fiction
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'In Detective Eddie Giral, Chris Lloyd has created a flawed hero not just for occupied Paris, but for our own times, too' KATHERINE STANSFIELDParis, 1940. As the city adjusts to life under Nazi occupation, Detective Eddie Giral struggles to reconcile his job as a policeman with his new role enforcing a regime he cannot believe in but must work under. He's sacrificed so much in order to survive in this new world, but the past is not so easily forgotten. When an old friend and an old flame reappear, begging for his help, Eddie must decide how far he will go to help those he loves. He can remain a good man and do nothing, or risk it all in a desperate act of resistance...Praise for Chris Lloyd and Detective Eddie Giral:'Terrific' SUNDAY TIMES'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation' ANDREW TAYLOR'A thoughtful, haunting thriller' MICK HERRON'Sharp and compelling' THE SUN
