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by Robert Wilson (Author)
As a sweltering Seville recovers from the shock of a terrorist attack, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón is struggling to find the bombers. The death of a gangster in a spectacular car crash offers vital evidence implicating the Russian mafia in his investigation, but it pitches Falcón into the heart of a turf war over prostitution and drugs. Now the target of vicious hoods, Falcón finds those closest to him are also coming under intolerable pressure: his best friend, who's spying for the Spanish government, reveals that he is being blackmailed by Islamist extremists, and Falcón's own lover suffers a mother's worst nightmare. He might be able to bring the perpetrators of the bombing to justice, but there will be a devastating price to pay.
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In the wake of a terrorist attack on Seville, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon is determined to fulfil his promise to its citizens that he ll bring the real perpetrators to justice. The violent death of a gangster provides evidence implicating the Russian mafia in the outrage, but throws Falcon into the heart of a turf war over prostitution and drugs.
Now the target of vicious hoods, Falcon finds those closest to him are also coming under intolerable pressure. His best friend, who s spying for the Spanish government, reveals he is being blackmailed by Islamist extremists, and Falcon s own lover suffers a mother s worst nightmare. Confronted by such fanaticism and brutality, Falcon realizes that only the most ruthless retaliation will work. But there is a terrible price to pay "Back Jacket
A SEVILLE THRILLER, FEATURING INSPECTOR JEFE JAVIER FALCON
Praise for Robert Wilson: "Take the journey to Seville with Inspector Javier as your compelling yet troubled guide and experience Robert Wilson s potent blends of beauty and terror, sex and death, and prose and plot." -- Harlan Coben "The engines driving The Hidden Assassins through to its satisfying, nuanced finish are old human emotions: greed, obsession, love." Washington Post"The Hidden Assassins is a complicated, disturbing novel for complicated, disturbing times." USA Today "Few writers in any genre can match Wilson's depth of character and plot or his evocation of place and of history." Boston Globe
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