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Synopsis
The reprint of Clive La Pensée’s crime thriller, brings the text up to date and takes account of recent more recently available historical detail. Maria, an innocent from Poland, caught in the Berlin sex industry, must fight back to survive. Short term, her tactic works. Once she is on their radar, the chase is on. She recruits Jack, the artless retired tax inspector from sleepy Leamington Spa. He prevents her making a deadly mistake. When he tries to calm the situation, he finds himself her mentor and then manager, trying to keep her from prison or worse. The more he helps, the deeper the morass he descends into, until he too is wanted for murder. The book views Maria’s actions against the history Poland and post-unification Germany. Jack’s wife, Felicity, wanted to start an affair while her husband was having a culture vulture holiday in Berlin. A postcard would have done. Instead, at the very moment Jack thinks he is free of trouble and Maria, her life is in danger – and it is all his fault. How should he rescue his wife, then his marriage? Maria has a plan. Here are comments by readers of the first edition. · Get on board with a feast of real life characters as they courageously slalom through Berlin. · Excellent! Entertaining and very readable, makes you want to laugh out loud at times and then cry at others. · I couldn't put it down! This starts off as a routine crime story with a most unlikely hero and heroines and builds to an epic black comedy of Brian Rix quality. · Explores the dilemma of exploitation. If the exploited defend themselves, can the end justify the means? · A rollercoaster ride through the seedier side of Berlin. A great cast of characters, blood, mayhem and dark comedy. · Beautifully handled sex scenes · Great humour for a difficult topic
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- PublisherIndependently published
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1521977585
- ISBN 13 9781521977583
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages315
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