Cairo, June 1942. A city blistering under the lash of a relentless summer and panicked by the implacable advance of Hitler's most talented general, Erwin Rommel. It is the worst possible time and place for a senior British officer to be found brutally murdered.

His death has been made to look like a political assassination by local extremists opposed to British rule, but former New York cop Joe Quinn isn't buying that. He senses more fundamental human emotions at play. For Quinn, it's like old times, a reminder of his past. One he doesn't want to revisit. With tensions running high, it is increasingly unclear to Quinn whether the horrific murders are politically motivated or merely the end product of a sexual liaison gone badly wrong...

Reasonable condition, but starting to show its age. Large paperback – 404 pages. Pickup near Bayfair. Postage combined at cost for multi-orders.