Chiselbury publishing nov 2024 (2 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'A thrilling story, well told' The Edinburgh Reporter Edinburgh, 1798. David Stoddart is a respected town councillor by day - and a thief by night. Addicted to the criminal underworld, he prowls the alleys of the Old Town, gambling away his loot and risking everything for the thrill of danger. As his debts spiral and his double life grows more perilous, Stoddart forms a gang to increase his takings - among them, an ex-convict on the run for murder. When a raid goes disastrously wrong, betrayal and bloodshed follow. Hunted and desperate, Stoddart's next move could spell salvation - or ruin. Rich with atmosphere and moral complexity, A Leap in the Dark is a riveting tale of duplicity, danger, and a man torn between honour and vice. As Robert Louis Stevenson observed: 'Man is not truly one, but truly two.'.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Ex-soldier Tom Scobie had won the safe parliamentary constituency of Ridgeway, against all the odds, only to discover that his seat is anything but safe. At home shady figures seek to undermine him and things get even more dangerous abroad. The prime minister sends him on a delicate mission and he quickly finds himself entangled in a world of multinational criminality. Tom finds himself pitted against unseen enemies at home and elusive criminals across the Balkans. His adversaries always seem one step ahead. The puppet master is still at work trying to lure an old friend of Tom's into his network of influence. The battle of wits becomes increasingly dangerous, Tom must untangle the web of corruption and intrigue, to save his old friend - and himself.…