Angel in the Shadows: The Heartland Trilogy, Book Two
By (Author) Walter Lucius
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
8th January 2019
18th October 2018
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Fiction in translation
Political / legal thriller
Psychological thriller
839.3137
Paperback
464
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
319g
An intrepid journalist continues on her journey into an intricate web of crime and corruption in the second installment of this Dutch trilogy Journalist Farah Hafez has been kidnapped. Detained in Russia, she is forced to pledge her allegiance to a terrorist group on camera. Now sought by international security and members of the criminal class alike, Farah flees to Jakarta. If she is ever going to regain her freedom, she needs to discover the root of the evil that bought her here. The problem is that discovering this might cost Farah her life.
Ambitious, intricate, riveting * The Times *
It's been compared to Stieg Larsson's Millennium series ... Butterfly on the Storm is a compelling, engrossing read ... Walter Lucius is one to watch * Nudge *
Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping * Dutch Daily De Limburger *
Riveting until the very end * AD Weekend [Dutch Newspaper] *
The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers * BB Boekblad *
Walter Lucius is the pseudonym of screenwriter, director and producer Walter Goverde. Walter used to be a stage director, and has produced dramas, documentaries and various television series as well. He has also founded Odyssee Producties, an audio-visual company with which he has carried out several projects for a number of Dutch government ministries. Walter lives in Amsterdam.