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The body of beautiful, well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is found in the gardens of the country house where she's been preparing for a vital mission to France. The question is, was she already dead when she was hanged?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo days later, resistance double agent, Investigator Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo is flown to Britain where Winston Churchill himself tasks him with finding Krystina's killer, before the cracks in Britain's alliance with Poland become fractures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Arisaig is a place of secrets where everyone is a trained killer, and Kalisz discovers that Krystina had her demons  and her enemies. Was she the hero her record suggests or the traitor the whispers hint at?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping third instalment in the Warsaw Quartet by Douglas Jackson, perfect for readers of Chris Lloyd and Simon Scarrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlood Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, book one of the Warsaw Quartet\u003cp\u003e'A compelling, evocative story of evil stalking amidst the chaos of war' \u003cb\u003eGiles Kristian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A dark, twisting thriller ... Jan Kalisz, Douglas Jackson's police officer hero, is the natural heir to the late Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther' \u003cb\u003eAndrew Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable crime debut  What raises the novel to another level is in the atmospheric evocation of a city in the process of being systematically obliterated by the Germans and brought to life again by Jackson's pen  Gripping stuff, a series that could develop into something impressive and a goldmine for Philip Kerr Bernie Gunther fans' \u003cb\u003eMaxim Jakubowski\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrime Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Immensely powerful and vivid .... This is historical crime fiction at its best' \u003cb\u003eChris Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The writing is scalpel-sharp, the unrelenting savagery of the Nazi occupation vividly painted With this book, Jackson will rightfully be regarded as one of the UK's finest crime writers' \u003cb\u003eBen Kane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A taut, tense thriller Gutsy and gripping, this is perfect for fans of Chris Lloyd and Robert Harris' \u003cb\u003eD. V. Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Jackson has created a brilliant mash-up of WW2 thriller and a serial killer chiller, and in so doing brings a fresh perspective to both. Sharp, intelligent writing that makes for a compelling read' \u003cb\u003eAlison Belsham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Jan Kalisz is a dazzling addition to the canon of compromised heroes... 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Jan Kalisz must choose: fight for his country’s freedom, or save his family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 1944. When a Wehrmacht war crimes investigator and his escort are killed in an ambush, it looks like an opportunistic act of revenge by the Polish Resistance. But Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo, investigator and Polish double-agent, has his doubts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, with the Red Army only a few hundred kilometres from the city, Kalisz’s boss, \u003ci\u003eHauptsturmführer \u003c\/i\u003eHoth, finds his faith in the Führer waning, and allows an investigation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hunt for the real killers takes Kalisz first to a war-torn Berlin and then within reach of Soviet artillery, but to uncover the truth he must enter the very gates of Hell. And waiting for him at Auschwitz-Birkenau is his former associate, Doctor Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarsaw is a powder keg on the brink of exploding. 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