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The City of Shadows

By: Michael Russell
Narrated by: Conor Delaney
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An evocative debut crime novel, set between Dublin and Danzig in the 1930s – linking the church, an illegal abortionist, the Nazi Party and a missing woman…

Detective Stefan Gillespie arrest Herr Keller under suspicion of carrying out illegal abortions and encounters Hannah Rosen desperately trying to find her friend Susan, a Jewish woman who had become romantically involved with a priest.

When the bodies of a man and woman are found buried in the Dublin mountains, each with a single hole from a pistol in their skulls, Stefan soon finds himself immersed in a complex case as he tries to piece together the mystery of the missing woman.

As Stefan and Hannah are drawn closer together in their mission to uncover the truth of what happened to Susan, they soon find themselves in terrible danger…

Espionage Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Suspense Holocaust
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  • A richly drawn period crime novel which will appeal to fans of Jed Rubenfeld and Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
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Wonderful storyline, great historical research. Only drawback is the horrible pronunciation of foreign words, German and Hebrew. Does no-one listen to the tapes and correct them?
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CITY OF SHADOWS

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Murder, the Church and Police Corruption. The perennial favourites in an original crime drama set before WW2.

1930s Ireland

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The book captured the period perfectly. But it was the cameos by Ned Broy that made it for me.

Ned Broy!

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