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John Lawton
The newest literary spy thriller from a master of the genre, Moscow Exile is a richly populated, gripping tale of espionage set in Washington, D.C. during the post-war period.
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As the long night of war looms, a killer emerges.
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1959: Bodies have started turning up around London, dismembered in the same bizarre and horrifying way. Is it possible that the blood trail leads back to Troy’s police force and…
An historical thriller from the author of the Inspector Troy series, moving from London during the Blitz, to divided post-war Berlin - and introducing Joe Wilderness.
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Riptide is the fourth title in the Frederick Troy series.
From "quite possibly the best historical novelist we have" (Philadelphia Inquirer), the fourth Joe Wilderness spy thriller, moving from Red Scare-era Washington, D.C. to a KGB prison near Moscow's Kremlin
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Old Flames is the second title in the Frederick Troy series, which Grove Press UK are reissuing to celebrate the release of A Lily of the Field in paperback.
The second book in the Joe Wilderness series.
The first of the Inspector Troy novels, Black Out singularly captures the realities of wartime London, weaving them into a riveting drama that encapsulates the uncertainty of Europe at the…
Lawton, John
A compilation celebrating the life of John Lawton (ex Uriah Heep and Lucifer's Friend) through the times. Featuring 33 songs, reflecting John's career from the early 1970s through to 2015…
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A new edition of this standalone novel from John Lawton, set in the tumultuous American summer of 1969.
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Lawton adds another spellbinding thriller to his Inspector Troy series with this sixth installment in the series. Moving from the Nazi-infested alleys of pre-war Vienna to the bombed out streets…
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A new novel in the Inspector Troy series, a tale of Cold War spy dealings centred around Guy Burgess.
1963: A Tory government beset by a defection, sexual scandal, cover-up and a ministerial resignation - Frederick Troy, now Britain’s most senior police detective, unravels a trail that leads to…
Bringing to life pre-war Vienna and post-war London - spanning the rise of Hitler to the post-atomic age - this breathtaking novel is espionage fiction at its best.
The third Joe Wilderness spy thriller from a master of the genre, moving from icy Finland to tumultuous Cold War Prague, Hammer to Fall is a tale of vodka smuggling…
Deep Sea Amputee is the remarkable story of John Lawton, a man who lost his leg in a car accident at the age of nineteen and initially assumed his life…
A new historical thriller from the author of the Inspector Troy series, moving from London during the Blitz, to divided post-war Berlin.
A unique account of birds on pub signs, their history and natural history, and their association with art, music and literature
From a writer the Seattle Times dubbed solidly at the top of anyone’s A-list of contemporary spy novelists comes a new novel featuring Inspector Troy of Scotland Yard, a tale…
The latest novel in a series regularly singled out for its exceptional quality features Inspector Troy of Scotland Yard in a tale of Cold War spy dealings centered around double…
Having shot someone in what he believed was self-defence in the chaos of 1963 Berlin, Wilderness finds himself locked up with little chance of escape. But an official pardon through…
A Little White Death is a work of crime fiction.
It is the summer of 1969. The USA is about to land a man on the moon, the Vietnam War is ripping the country to shreds, and Woodstock is in…
A study of the role of miracles in the Bible and of the way in which changing concepts of faith and of revelation have altered the understanding of the miraculous.
Title: The power of faith: exemplified in the extraordinary case of Ashnah Lawton, who was remarkably healed on the first day of May, 1821.Author: John LawtonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description…
A novel set before, during, and after World War II follows the loosely parallel lives of an Austrian cellist, Meret Voytek, whose orchestra becomes part of the Hitler Youth, and…
Directed by MI6 to Berlin in 1963 to negotiate a delicate prisoner exchange on either side of the wall, Joe Wilderness covertly plans to use the operation to make a…
Ten years on from Black Out , it is the height of the Cold War. For the first time, Soviet leaders visit Britain, but the body of a diver is…
A guide to Primary Swimming is designed to support school teachers with limited knowledge and experience of teaching swimming deliver the swimming component of the National Curriculum for key stages…
Gunhill
Lawton’s debut stunning thriller–the first of the Inspector Troy novels–has been reissued. Black Out captures the realities of wartime London, weaving them into a riveting drama that encapsulates the uncertainty…
In a career spanning seven decades, Liu Kuo-sung has reinvented the millennium-old tradition of ink painting. The Liu Kuo-sung Reader, the first anthology in English devoted to the painter, gathers…
It’s London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, his postings are more grim…
John Lawton & Diana Express
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John W. Lawton
This family saga of westward migration is told through the voices of people who lived 100 years ago by means of letters, diaries, oral history and photographs. It includes a…
John Stewart Lawton
John Moon
Ricky is clever, there’s no doubting that, but he’s lazy and selfish, always looking for the easy way to the big score. Instead of making his parents proud, he throws…
Lawton Harris Salley
This genealogy addresses the Descendants of John Sally, third son of Henry Salley, Immigrant to Orangeburgh District, S.C. in 1735. A Genealogy of John Salley's descendants was first compiled by…
From "quite possibly the best historical novelist we have" (Philadelphia Inquirer), the fourth Joe Wilderness spy thriller, moving from Red Scare-era Washington, DC, to a KGB prison near Moscow's Kremlin
