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Second Violin

#6 in series

by John Lawton
Lewis Hancock
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March 1938. The Germans take Vienna without a shot being fired. Covering Austria for the English press is a young journalist named Rod Troy. Back home his younger brother joins the CID as a detective-constable. November 1938. Kristallnacht. The Jews leave Vienna - Sigmund Freud with an American escort on a sleeper train, Josef Hummel tied to the undersize of a boxcar. June 1940. Sergeant Troy is seconded to Special Branch to help in the round-up of 'enemy' aliens, among whom are Hummel and his brother Rod. Rod and Hummel are interned on the Isle of man...meanwhile a lunatic is killing rabbis in the East End of London. Troy asks for time off from Special Branch to return to his true calling...Murder. London is now under siege, from German bombers, from its own prejudice and paranoia's. Is London any better than Vienna?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Frederick Troy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 1, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • File size: 437572 KB
      • Duration: 15:11:36

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 15, 2008
      Lawton’s engrossing sixth entry but the first chronologically in his Inspector Troy thriller series (Black Out
      , etc.) chronicles the major events leading up to WWII—Germany’s annexation of Austria, Chamberlain’s peace efforts, Kristallnacht
      —while providing a disturbing picture of anti-Semitism and class frictions in England at the time. As part of Scotland Yard’s murder squad, Insp. Frederick Troy investigates a series of slayings of London rabbis, but various subplots equally intrigue, notably one that unfolds in an internment camp for Germans, Jews and foreigners—including Troy’s Austrian-born brother, Rod—rounded up after Britain’s entry into the war. At one point, Troy and a lady friend discover the “aphrodisia of war” in Hyde Park, a spot popular with couples for copulation during the blitz. Lawton does a fine job of incorporating such lesser known period details into his saga, though some readers may find he relies too often on deus ex machina for their taste.

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  • English

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