‘Step forward Kanon the American Robert Harris a man who finds untold stories from our recent
past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr sensing that the Nazis
are closing in on the Jews leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai.
His passage is dependent upon him delivering a package to his shady uncle his father’s brother
upon arrival. Daniel has no idea what the package contains. On board is Leah also fleeing the
Nazis. She and Daniel conduct a passionate but brief shipboard affair but are separated as
soon as the ship docks in Shanghai. Will he ever see her again? Daniel is immediately
plunged into his uncle’s seductive and corrupt world and becomes involved in the launch of a
new nightclub the biggest best and most glitzy in town. When violence breaks out and lives
are at risk he finds himself drawn irrevocably into the terrifying underworld that is wartime
Shanghai. Beautifully atmospheric and intricately plotted this masterful thriller marks
exciting new ground for an author hailed by the Sunday Times as ‘the most accomplished spy
novelist working today’. PRAISE FOR JOSEPH KANON: ' Kanon is fast approaching the
complexity and relevance not just of le Carré and Greene but even of Orwell' New York
Times ' Heart-poundingly suspenseful' Washington Post ' Joseph Kanon continues
to demonstrate that he is up there with the very best . . . he is the master of the shadows of
the era' The Times ' Thoroughly absorbing a thoughtful and subtle evocation of a
place and era' Sunday Telegraph ‘Arguably America’s greatest writer of historical
thrillers’ Sunday Times ' Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape'
Lee Child ' Sensational! No one writes period fiction with the same style and suspense –
not to mention substance – as Joseph Kanon' Scott Turow ' The perfect combination of
intrigue and accurate history brought to life' Alan Furst
