Britain's wartime alliances hinge on the outcome of Kalisz's next case... Christmas Day 1943
Arisaig Scotland. The body of beautiful well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is
found in the gardens of the country house where she's been preparing for a vital mission to
France. The question is was she already dead when she was hanged? Two days later resistance
double agent Investigator Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo is flown to Britain where Winston
Churchill himself tasks him with finding Krystina's killer before the cracks in Britain's
alliance with Poland become fractures. Yet Arisaig is a place of secrets where everyone is a
trained killer and Kalisz discovers that Krystina had her demons - and her enemies. Was she
the hero her record suggests or the traitor the whispers hint at? The gripping third
instalment in the Warsaw Quartet by Douglas Jackson perfect for readers of Chris Lloyd and
Simon Scarrow. Praise for Blood Roses book one of the Warsaw Quartet 'A compelling
evocative story of evil stalking amidst the chaos of war' Giles Kristian 'A dark twisting
thriller ... Jan Kalisz Douglas Jackson's police officer hero is the natural heir to the late
Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther' Andrew Taylor 'A remarkable crime debut ... What raises the
novel to another level is in the atmospheric evocation of a city in the process of being
systematically obliterated by the Germans and brought to life again by Jackson's pen ...
Gripping stuff a series that could develop into something impressive and a goldmine for Philip
Kerr Bernie Gunther fans' Maxim Jakubowski Crime Time 'Immensely powerful and vivid ....
This is historical crime fiction at its best' Chris Lloyd 'The writing is scalpel-sharp the
unrelenting savagery of the Nazi occupation vividly painted... With this book Jackson will
rightfully be regarded as one of the UK's finest crime writers' Ben Kane 'A taut tense
thriller... Gutsy and gripping this is perfect for fans of Chris Lloyd and Robert Harris' D.
V. Bishop 'Jackson has created a brilliant mash-up of WW2 thriller and a serial killer
chiller and in so doing brings a fresh perspective to both. Sharp intelligent writing that
makes for a compelling read' Alison Belsham 'Jan Kalisz is a dazzling addition to the canon
of compromised heroes... A thrilling wartime adventure story' Russ Thomas 'Jackson brings the
tension brutality and paranoia of Warsaw of the period into murderous life. A knife-edge
thriller' Douglas Skelton 'A dark story set against dark times you practically need a torch
to read it' Alec Marsh author of Rule Britannia 'Jackson has written an utterly compelling
novel ... A remarkable piece of work a fine piece of craftsmanship' Scotsman
