ARGONAUT BOOKS

A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer's cab, gives the name of a hotel and is then shot dead. Though Sponer has committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer's life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it's too late. Reviews "The cast of this brilliant thriller ... are pure Raymond Chandler ... but the Viennese setting gives it an extra, stylish twist. It's excEllently written and fearsomely gripping." - Kate Saunders, The Times"Very few novels published in recent years match its daunting panache... The fast-moving, cleverly convol...Read More