The Unwanted Dead

The Unwanted Dead

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers
Paperback Published on: 18/03/2021
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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: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781409190271
  • Number of pages: 464
  • Weight: 320g
  • Dimensions: 200 x 132 x 32 mm

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The Unwanted Dead
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
The Unwanted Dead
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