...he could see in the distance, to the south-east, searchlights probing the night sky, illuminating the barrage balloons that floated like giant moths above the darkened city. They were there to hinder the approach of flying bombs, though few believed they were of any use, any more than the ack-ack guns that blazed away furiously whenever the strange craft with their fiery tails appeared in the skies...And neither were they any defence at all against the V-2s, which descended without warning like thunderclaps and which Londoners had come to fear more than any other weapon used against them. During a blackout on the streets of London on a freezing evening in late 1944, a young Polish land girl, Rosa Nowak, is suddenly and brutally killed. For the police, their resources already stretched by war regulations and the thriving black market, this is a shocking and seemingly random crime. No one...
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2011-10-12
Betyg 
Sista boken i trilogin om John Madden. Spännande intrig, fina miljöer men den blev lite långrandig i mitten. Jag kommer att sakna alla på Yarden inkl John Madden och hans underbara fru.
2010-03-06
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Mycket bra! Miljöskildring, språk, handling - jag tycker mycket om denna bok och var tvungen att fortsätta och fortsätta = bladvändare!
2009-08-30
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Jag vill inte att serien om John Madden ska sluta här! Berättartempot är härligt långsamt. Miljö och personer är suveränt beskrivna. Det känns vemodigt att lägga den ifrån sig.
