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The Lost and the Blind: A contemporary thriller set in rural Ireland
The Lost and the Blind A contemporary thriller set in rural Ireland Author:Declan Burke This gripping Irish thriller is an intriguing new departure for comic noir writer Declan Burke. — ?A dying man, if he is any kind of man, will live beyond the law.? The elderly German, Karl Uxkull, was senile or desperate for attention. Why else would he concoct a tale of Nazi atrocity on the remote island of Delphi, off the coast of Donegal? An... more »d why now, 60 years after the event, just when Irish-American billionaire Shay Govern has tendered for a prospecting licence for gold in Lough Swilly?
Journalist Tom Noone doesn?t want to know. With his young daughter Emily to provide for, and a ghost-writing commission on Shay Govern?s autobiography to deliver, the timing is all wrong. Besides, can it be mere coincidence that Karl Uxkull?s tale bears a strong resemblance to the first thriller published by legendary spy novelist Sebastian Devereaux, the reclusive English author who has spent the past 50 years holed up on Delphi?
But when a body is discovered drowned, Tom and Emily find themselves running for their lives, in pursuit of the truth that is their only hope of survival.« less
ISBN-13: 9780727884640 ISBN-10: 0727884646 Publication Date: 4/1/2015 Pages:240 Edition:First World Publicat Rating: