John Lawton's debut novel-first published by Viking in 1995, and now being reissued by Grove Press-is a stunning, war-time thriller that cements his place among the greatest crime writers of our era. The first of the Inspector Troy no...

The book opens with a prologue set in a London park in 1948: two men named Viktor and Andre Skolnik are talking. Viktor wishes to be released from his service to the Communist party. Andre says this is impossible.Back in 1934, in Vien...

The British spy and sex scandals of the early 1960s provided inspiration for this installment in the adventures of former secret agent and current Scotland Yard chief detective Frederick Troy. Troy can't quite get into the swing of th...

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 in Flesh Wo...

John Lawton adds another spellbinding thriller to his Inspector Troy series with Second Violin. The sixth installment in the series, Lawton's novel opens in 1938 with Europe on the brink of war. In London, Frederick Troy, newly promot...

Joe Wilderness is a World War II orphan, a condition that he thinks excuses him from common morality. Cat burglar, card sharp, and Cockney wide boy, the last thing he wants is to get drafted. But in 1946 he finds himself in the Royal ...