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  • Second Violin

  • An Inspector Troy Thriller
  • By: John Lawton
  • Narrated by: Lewis Hancock
  • Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Second Violin

By: John Lawton
Narrated by: Lewis Hancock
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Publisher's Summary

March 1938. The Germans take Vienna without a shot being fired. Covering Austria for the English press is a young journalist named Rod Troy. Back home, his younger brother joins the CID as a detective-constable.

November 1938. Kristallnacht. The Jews leave Vienna - Sigmund Freud with an American escort on a sleeper train, Josef Hummel tied to the underside of a box car.

June 1940. Sergeant Troy is seconded to Special Branch to help round up the 'enemy' aliens, among who are Hummel and his brother Rod. Rod and Hummel are interned on the Isle of Man... Meanwhile a lunatic is killing Rabbis in the East End of London. Troy asks for time off from Special Branch to return to his true calling...Murder.

©2008 John Lawton (P)2008 Oakhill Publishing Ltd.

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"One of the unsung (at least until now) heroes of the genre, as good as LeCarré." ( Chicago Tribune)

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