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The Unwanted Dead

Chris Lloyd (author)

Paperback Published on: 18/03/2021

£12.99

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Synopsis

Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month for September 2022

Shortlisted for the CWA Sapere Books Historical Dagger 2021

The day the Nazis march into Paris, making headlines around the globe.

Paris police detective Eddie Giral - a survivor of the last World War - watches helplessly on as his world changes forever.

But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwanted dead, who no one wants to claim.

To do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, between truth and lies, between the man he is and the man he was.

All the while becoming whoever he must be to survive in this new and terrible order descending on his home...

Publisher information

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409190271
Number of pages: 464
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 32 mm
Weight: 320g
Languages: English

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A gripping & vivid WW2 thriller

My followers should know by now that I am a huge fan of WW2 historical crime fiction, I was kindly given a copy of Paris requiem by Orion Books, and before... READ MORE

Judith Wright

Excellent 1940 set police procedural

The novel commences with the fall of Paris. Great change is to sweep France as lives are turned upside down. This feeling is captured so well by the author... READ MORE

Peter Fleming

Unwanted Dead

Masterful and exciting historical novel set in Paris during the Second World War. Brutal, action packed and with just a touch of dark humour, this is a te... READ MORE

HelenS