Iceland. In the winter it gets light at 10am and dark at 2pm. The daily announcement of the Chill Factor allows you to calculate how quickly you could die from exposure... Iceland is erupting - and not just its volcano. It is 1971, the height of the Cold War, and anti-American feeling among Icelanders is running high. When a teenager is found dead after a drunken night out, her clothes torn and face bruised, anger is directed towards the military personnel at the NATO air base at Keflavik who outnumber the local population. British agent Bill Conran, invited by the Americans to uncover a Russian spy ring, comes to realise that this is no routine assignment. Unsure who can be trusted, and targeted by an unknown assassin, he discovers that Iceland, for all its cold beauty, has never been hotter.

The Chill Factor: Suspense and Espionage in Cold War Iceland

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Falkirk, Richard

Mystery

Collins Crime Club

Blackstone's Fancy

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Bantam Q8385

Blackstone

Thistle Publishing

Beau Blackstone

Thrillers & Suspense

Another case for the Bow Street Runner extraordinary. Napoleon Bonaparte, once the scourge of Europe, is now a tame captive on the island rock of St Helena. Or is he? When rumours grow of a plan to escape, Blackstone is sent by George IV to investigate security on the island. He finds a buzz of suspicion and intrigue among its ill-assorted population of effete garrison officers, native servants and ex-smugglers. Is the ex-Emperor being poisoned? Blackstone aims to find out. And then one night a 'monster' is sighted out at sea... Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe is the fourth Blackstone novel.

Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe

“A superior example of a period piece as a whodunit… a gripping yarn.” Cambridge Evening News  “London’s slums and underworld in the 1820s are a desperate and colourful background. Richard Falkirk has his teeth firmly into his period, and those who like their history brought to life with the vigour, violence and the degradation of London in the 1820s will enjoy his latest book.” Worcester Evening News  “Crisp, fast-moving stuff, with a strong sense of period.” Homes and Gardens  “A welcome return.” The Guardian  “An exciting series.” Bucks Standard  “The detection in Blackstone’s Fancy is secondary to Falkirk’s pictures of crime, prizefighting and the law (such as it was) 150 years ago. Good entertainment.” Oxford Times  “A tough and meaty story.” Sunday Statesman  “Lurid and exciting.” Smith’s Trade News  “Another of those excellently researched and written adventures of Edmund Blackstone, Bow Street Runner.” Morning Telegraph  “A well written and ably constructed thriller set in the 1820s. The period background of the novel is very well realised and the characters are skilfully drawn, while the ingenious plot keeps the reader on tenterhooks.” Border Telegraph  “Another very readable adventure.” Coventry Evening Telegraph  “Edmund Blackstone is a handsome, sexy, splendidly invented throwback to the 1820s hero-detective. A third book is planned, which is quite something to look forward to.” She magazine  “An entertaining and informative pictures of the times. Blackstone is a welcome addition to the ranks for those who prefer to absorb, rather than be taught, their history.” Book Addict  “It is a second adventure in the exploits of Blackstone, the Bow Street Runner, and even better than the first. The early nineteenth-century atmosphere has been admirably caught by an author whose confident use of the slang of the period gives the story vitality.” Scarborough Evening News  “Lots of action and well researched.” Northern Echo  “Blackstone is a man to remember, a lawman with a style of his own… The author has clearly done his homework.” Belfast Telegraph  “Readers will enjoy the adventures of Blackstone.” Eastern Daily Press  “Blackstone, a runner of renown and partial to the joys of the ring, is the creation of Richard Falkirk who gives here an honest-to-goodness blood and guts yarn set in the London area 150 years ago. This is a rollicking yarn, always moving as fast as the young fighter’s feet.” The Cork Examiner  “A story that deserves to be filmed. Falkirk spins a gripping yarn, blending a murder mystery into his surprisingly deep character study of the implacable but fair-minded Blackstone. It’s good to know that Blackstone is here to stay.” Cambridge Evening News  ‘Neat doesn't stand a chance. I shouldn't be surprised if the Gasman doesn't floor him in the first round just like Jack Randall beat Jack Martin… And you, Blackie? Haven't you made a wager?’ Blackstone nodded. ‘Ten pounds on the Gas-man.’ ‘And you a Bow Street Runner.’ ‘What of it?’ ‘You're supposed to break up a prizefight, not support it.’ And that, Blackstone reflected, was no more than the truth.  Blackstone's involvement in the lurid and exciting world of prizefighting also involves him with blackmail, kidnap, and murder, not to mention attempts on his own life. Moreover, rioting and the incidence of crime at prizefights had been put forward as evidence of the need for a new police force. So it is doubly important that Blackstone, the Bow Street Runner working on both sides of the law, should be successful.  Blackstone’s Fancy is the second Blackstone novel.

Blackstone’s Fancy

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