Flesh Wounds, John Lawton
Flesh Wounds, John Lawton
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Flesh Wounds
An Inspector Troy Novel

Author: John Lawton

Narrator: Lewis Hancock

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2018

Synopsis

Praised for their riveting, ingenious plot twists, John Lawton’s series of espionage thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard have an uncanny ability to place readers in the thick of history.Now an old flame has returned to Troy’s life: Kitty Stilton, wife of an American presidential hopeful. Private eye Joey Rork has been hired to make sure Kitty’s amorous liaisons with a rat pack crooner don’t ruin her husband’s political career. But he also wants to know why Kitty has been spotted with Danny Ryan, whose twin brothers, in addition to owning one of London’s hottest jazz clubs, are said to have inherited the crime empire of fallen mobster Alf Marx. Before Rork can find out, he meets a gruesome end. And he isn’t the only one: bodies have started turning up around London, dismembered in the same bizarre and horrifying way. Is it possible that the blood trail leads back to Troy’s own police force and into Troy’s own forgotten past?This compulsively readable thriller finds one of our most able storytellers at the height of his game.

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 Sean on August 26, 2016

A great read. I started reading it yesterday on a journey back from Portugal and only failed to finish it then because I fell asleep reading it in bed. I had some years ago read three other books by John Lawton and thoroughly enjoyed them so I knew what to expect. I don't read anywhere near as much......more

Goodreads review by Sam on November 11, 2015

This is apparently book number five in a series featuring Inspector Troy of Scotland Yard; I grabbed it because I had really liked Lawton's Then we Take Berlin and wanted more of the same. With this series, however, it turns out that it pays to start with the first one rather than jump in anywhere,......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on April 21, 2011

Much the best of Lawton's Inspector Troy novels. Perhaps because it is more of a police procedural rather than and attempt to mix London based police work with international espionage involving the secret services, as do his other novels. Also, the sex is less porny. However, this writer's obsession......more

Goodreads review by Joe on February 03, 2015

UNIQUE SERIES This is the fifth installment in the Frederick Troy series. Troy is a London homicide detective of Russian heritage - his father an immigrant who became a very powerful and wealthy newspaper publisher. The series takes place between the 1930's and the sixties and although there is a chr......more

Goodreads review by Dianne on January 06, 2013

John Lawton has an excellent feel for time and place. This novel is set in 1959 London; MacMillan's 'Never had it so Good'; East End hoodlums rubbing shoulders with society; the beginnings of the sexual freedom of the sixties; and an overall mood for change. Nominally a procedural detective novel, t......more

Quotes

“Lawton writes with such style, intelligence, irreverence, political sophistication, and keen understanding of the the strengths, weaknesses, and glorious eccentricities of his fellow Brits.” Washington Post

“Anchored by Troy’s fundamental decency—bruised and jaded, he’s still an improbable romantic—and by smart, brittle prose from Lawton.” Kirkus Reviews

“Marvelously evocative.” Publishers Weekly, praise for the series

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