Présentation de l'éditeur
A journalist is murdered in Jerusalem's Armenian Cathedral and Detective Arieh Ben-Roi is spoilt for leads. But one seems out of place - an apparent link to a decades-old missing persons case in Egypt. Baffled, Ben-Roi turns to his old friend and sparring partner, Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police, for help.
Although struggling with personal tragedy and immersed in a case of his own - a series of mysterious well poisonings in the Eastern Desert - Khalifa agrees to do some digging. What he discovers will change both men's lives for ever.
As their investigations intertwine, the detectives are drawn ever deeper into a sinister web of violence, abuse, corporate malpractice and international terrorism. And at its heart lies a three thousand year-old mystery that has already taken two lives, and will soon be claiming more.
Revue de presse
"Sussman knew how to keep a complex plot bowling along while constantly ratcheting up the tension...
this is top-drawer popular fiction and is sure to become an even bigger bestseller than his three other novels." (John Preston
MAIL ON SUNDAY)
"
An absolutely top-notch thriller
- captivating, intelligent and notably well-written, with a depth of characterisation most thrillers don't usually even attempt...
his plotting is terrific...Sussman's thrillers have been translated into 33 languages and have sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
This, his final book, deserves to be even more successful." (Harry Ritchie
DAILY MAIL)
"Stylish writing and deep research." (
Guardian)
"A
genuinely exciting read from
a world-class storyteller.a
beautifully-observed thriller" (Christopher Fowler
FINANCIAL TIMES)
Quatrième de couverture
A journalist is murdered in Jerusalem's Armenian Cathedral and Detective Arieh Ben-Roi is spoilt for leads. One, however, seems out of place - a link to a decades-old missing-persons case in Egypt. Baffled, he turns to Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police, for help.
Although struggling with personal tragedy and immersed in a case of his own - a series of mysterious well poisonings in the Eastern Desert - Khalifa agrees to do some digging. What he discovers will change both men's lives for ever.
As their investigations intertwine, the detectives are drawn ever deeper into a sinister web of violence, abuse, corporate malpractice and international terrorism. At its heart lies a three thousand-year-old mystery that has already taken two lives, and will soon be claiming more . . .
Biographie de l'auteur
Journalist and novelist Paul Sussman read history at Cambridge, where he was also a Boxing Blue. From an early age his abiding passion was archaeology and he worked in the field, in particular in Egypt where he was part of the first team to excavate new ground in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. He brought this interest and enthusiasm to his first three novels -
The Lost Army of Cambyses,
The Last Secret of the Temple and
The Hidden Oasis - which have now been translated into over 30 languages and have sold over two million copies, while Paul's journalism appeared across the media, including in the
Big Issue,
Independent,
Guardian, Evening Standard and on CNN.com. He died suddenly in May 2012, having just finished work on this, his fourth novel. He was just 45. He is survived by his wife, a television producer, and their two young sons.
