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The Unwanted Dead

By: Chris Lloyd
Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
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*WINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTION*

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD*

Paris, Friday 14th June 1940.

The day the Nazis march into Paris, making headlines around the globe.

Paris police detective Eddie Giral - a survivor of the last World War - watches helplessly on as his world changes forever.

But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwanted dead, who no one wants to claim.

To do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, between truth and lies, between the man he is and the man he was.

All the while becoming whoever he must be to survive in this new and terrible order descending on his home...

©2020 Chris Lloyd (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Espionage Survival War Military Crime

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'Terrific' SUNDAY TIMES, Best Books of the Month

'A thoughtful, haunting thriller' MICK HERRON

'Sharp and compelling' THE SUN
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Tim Bentinck achieves so many accents and tones that the characters are in the room with one. I’ve seldom listened to any finer performance. A complex layered story achieves coherence as a consequence.

Marvellous narration

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This was enjoyable, unflashy stuff with a morose flic, untrustworthy friends and enemies and a good feel of Paris.

Competent storytelling

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I thoroughly enjoyed this story -couldn’t put it down. Okay I think the nazis would have shot our intrepid and personally flawed police detective quite early on in his numerous escapades but he managed to get through to resolve this multilayered and intriguing plot. I hope this author tries his hand at some more WWII novels - his writing is excellent

Pacy WWII novel set in Paris during occupation - v enjoyable

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The excellent narrator tells the story of a troubled central character "Eddie" a Paris detective who embarks on an emotional journey of intrigue, suspicion and corruption as he attempts to solve the murder of four Polish refugees during the first few days of the occupation

A captivating story woven around the early days of the German occupation of Paris

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Ok, great story, great narration. However, our French Police Detective took so many beatings that he should have been a walking zombie!

I hope to goodness he doesn't suffer similar physical abuse in the next story.

Very enjoyable yarn and plenty scope for more adventures.

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