A Little White Death, John Lawton
A Little White Death, John Lawton
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A Little White Death
An Inspector Troy Novel

Author: John Lawton

Narrator: Sara Coward

Unabridged: 17 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2018

Synopsis

England in 1963 is a country set to explode. The old guard, shocked by the habits of the war-baby youth—sex, drugs, and rock and roll—sets out to fight back. The battle moves uncomfortably close to Chief Inspector Troy. While Troy is on medical leave for a nasty case of tuberculosis, the Yard brings charges against an acquaintance of his, a hedonistic doctor with a penchant for voyeurism and uninhibited young women. Two of these women just happen to be sleeping with a senior man at the foreign office and a KGB agent. But on the eve of the verdict a curious double case of suicide drags Troy back into active duty. Beyond bedroom acrobatics, the secret affairs now stretch to double-crosses and backroom deals in the halls of Parliament, not to mention murder. It’s all Troy can do, fighting off some bad habits of his own, to stay afloat in a country immersed in drugs and up to its neck in scandal.

About John Lawton

John Lawton is the author of the Inspector Troy series, the Joe Wilderness series, Sweet Sunday, and 1963, a volume of history. He has also edited reissued books by H. G. Wells, D. H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad. His Inspector Troy novels have been named Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times Book Review. He lives in the north of England and Italy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven

The 1960s witnesses a social and sexual revolution throughout the western world. England was no exception with the Profumo-Keeler Affair that eventually brought down Harold MacMillan’s Conservative Party and led to the Labour government’s rise to power in 1964. The sexual revolution and the remnants......more

Goodreads review by Julian

I love the Frederick Troy series of novels (and they are proper novels): so vividly realised is the social history of England through these unconventional murder mysteries. The writing is deft and subtle, the characters interesting and fully rounded. Troy himself is real enough that I sometimes find......more

Goodreads review by Gerry

Nineteen sixty-three, think the Profumo affair, Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, the death of Stephen Ward, Kim Philby defecting to Russia, a Member of Parliament deceiving the House, the downfall of a government and you have the essence of this novel, particularly in its early stages. All th......more

Quotes

“A good deal of thoughtful commentary…on what it all means to three generations of Britons trying to free themselves from one another’s moral imperatives…The Chekhovian echo brilliantly captures the end-of-days significance of every sordid incident in this sprawling story.” New York Times

“Lawton is such an entertaining, literate storyteller.” Publishers Weekly

“A stylish novel of intrigue and manners spanning the corridors of power and the back alleys of vice, circa 1963.” Booklist

“Reflects all the turmoil and moral ambiguity of the times, and he writes like a house afire.” Kirkus Reviews

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