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The Unwanted Dead
Winner of the HWA Gold Crown for Best Historical Fiction
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'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.' — ANDREW TAYLOR
WINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD
'Terrific' — SUNDAY TIMES, Best Books of the Month
'A thoughtful, haunting thriller' — MICK HERRON
'Sharp and compelling' — THE SUN
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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...
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Lloyd's Second World War Paris is rougher than Alan Furst's, and Eddie Giral, his French detective, is way edgier than Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther ... Ranks alongside both for its convincingly cloying atmosphere of a city subjugated to a foreign power, a plot that reaches across war-torn Europe and into the rifts in the Nazi factions, and a hero who tries to be a good man in a bad world. Powerful stuff. — THE TIMES
A tense and gripping mystery which hums with menace and dark humour as well as immersing the reader in the life of occupied Paris — Judges, HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD
Excellent ... In Eddie Giral, Lloyd has created a character reminiscent of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther, oozing with attitude and a conflicted morality that powers a complex, polished plot. Historical crime at its finest. — VASEEM KHAN, author of Midnight at Malabar House
Monumentally impressive ... A truly wonderful book. If somebody'd given it to me and told me it was the latest Robert Harris, I wouldn't have been surprised. Eddie Giral is a wonderful creation. — ALIS HAWKINS
A terrific read - gripping and well-paced. The period atmosphere is excellent. — MARK ELLIS
The best kind of crime novel: gripping, thought-provoking and moving. In Detective Eddie Giral, Chris Lloyd has created a flawed hero not just for occupied Paris, but for our own times, too. — KATHERINE STANSFIELD
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The Unwanted Dead by Chris Lloyd has garnered praise for its haunting and thoughtful narrative, set in wartime Paris. The book's rich atmosphere and meticulous research vividly recreate the city's occupation under Nazi control, offering a gripping murder mystery. Eddie Giral, the edgy and morally complex detective, has been compared favourably to iconic characters in similar historical crime novels, making this an impressive addition to the genre.
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ISBN: 9781409190271
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 March 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Straight after graduating in Spanish and French, Chris Lloyd hopped on a bus from Cardiff to Catalonia and stayed there for over twenty years, falling in love with the people, the country, the language and Barcelona Football Club, probably in that order. Besides Catalonia, he's also lived in the Basque Country and Madrid, teaching English, travel writing for Rough Guides and translating. He now lives in South Wales, where he works as a Catalan and Spanish translator, and returns to Catalonia as often as he can.
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