No mortal thing
After witnessing an assault by a member of one of Calabria's crime families and discovering that the police do not care, a young Englishman begins a pursuit that leads him to a delicate surveillance operation, setting off alarms in multiple countries.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | After witnessing an assault by a member of one of Calabria's crime families and discovering that the police do not care, a young Englishman begins a pursuit that leads him to a delicate surveillance operation, setting off alarms in multiple countries. Jago is a kid from a rough part of London, studying business and finance in the Berlin office of a bank. Marcantonio is from a crime family from Calabria, Southern Italy, in Germany to learn how to channel illicit millions towards legitimate businesses. When Jago witnesses Marcantonio commit a vicious assault, he pursues Marcantonio to his grandfather's mountain lair. But Jago is stepping into the middle of a delicate surveillance operation, which sets alarm bells ringing in Rome, London, and Berlin. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company in 2016. |
| Physical Description: | 408 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781250123695 1250123690 |
| Author Notes: | His first book, Harry's Game, was published in 1975 and soon afterwards, he retired from journalism to become a full-time author. Many of his other books were adapted into television movies and Field of Blood was adapted as the feature film, The Informant, starring Timothy Dalton. (Bowker Author Biography) |
