Blood Sacrifice
The gritty, gripping World War 2 historical crime thriller
Reeks: The Warsaw Quartet
Douglas Jackson
- Chosen
- as
- one
- of
- the
- Scotsman's
- Books
- of
- the
- Year
- 2024'One
- can
- confidently
- say
- that
- (Blood
- Roses
- and
- Blood
- Sacrifice)
- display
- an
- intelligence
- and
- ambition
- rare
- in
- Scottish
- fiction
- today'
- Scotsman'This
- is
- historical
- noir
- at
- its
- most
- potent
- and
- a
- series
- that
- you
- will
- never
- forget'
- Crime
- Time
- Book
- of
- the
- Month,
- November
- 2024January
- 1943.
- Warsaw
- is
- a
- city
- of
- the
- dead.
- In
- the
- ghetto,
- the
- last
- fifty
- thousand
- Jews
- await
- their
- fate
- but,
- unlike
- those
- who
- preceded
- them
- to
- the
- death
- camps,
- they
- are
- prepared
- to
- fight
- to
- the
- end.
- Jan
- Kalisz,
- Kripo
- investigator
- and
- Resistance
- double-agent,
- has
- promised
- to
- supply
- them
- with
- weapons.
- But
- how
- will
- he
- fulfil
- his
- vow?The
- murder
- of
- a
- German
- officer
- appears
- to
- provide
- an
- opportunity.
- For
- the
- victim
- is
- a
- man
- with
- multiple
- identities,
- one
- of
- which
- is
- a
- wealthy
- Jew…
- The
- hunt
- for
- the
- murderer
- draws
- Kalisz
- into
- the
- chaos
- of
- the
- ghetto,
- only
- to
- find
- a
- new,
- perilous
- mission
- awaiting
- him.
- SS
- death
- squads
- are
- not
- the
- only
- enemy
- the
- Jews
- fear.
- A
- mysterious
- figure
- –
- known
- only
- as
- the
- Golem
- –
- stalks
- the
- ruined
- streets,
- spiriting
- away
- orphaned
- children.
- Can
- Kalisz
- track
- him
- down
- before
- he
- strikes
- again?The
- chilling
- second
- thriller
- in
- the
- Warsaw
- Quartet
- by
- Douglas
- Jackson,
- perfect
- for
- readers
- of
- Simon
- Scarrow
- and
- Robert
- Harris.'One
- has
- the
- impression
- that
- all
- the
- novels
- Jackson
- has
- previously
- written,
- especially
- the
- nine
- that
- make
- up
- his
- Hero
- of
- Rome
- series,
- have
- prepared
- him
- for
- what
- he
- has
- set
- himself
- to
- do
- in
- this
- series.
- This
- is
- a
- story
- of
- shifting
- loyalties,
- of
- crime
- and
- detection,
- but
- also
- a
- study
- in
- historical
- tragedy.
- Jan
- Kalisz
- has
- to
- carry
- a
- lot
- of
- weight
- as
- the
- hero
- of
- such
- a
- story.
- So
- far,
- however,
- he
- is
- fully
- up
- to
- it
- and
- the
- promise
- of
- what
- is
- to
- come
- is
- compelling.
- Meanwhile,
- one
- can
- confidently
- say
- that
- these
- first
- two
- novels
- display
- an
- intelligence
- and
- ambition
- rare
- in
- Scottish
- fiction
- today'
- Scotsman‘A
- compelling,
- evocative
- story
- of
- evil
- stalking
- amidst
- the
- chaos
- of
- war’
- Giles
- Kristian'A
- dark,
- twisting
- thriller
- ...
- Jan
- Kalisz,
- Douglas
- Jackson's
- police
- officer
- hero,
- is
- the
- natural
- heir
- to
- the
- late
- Philip
- Kerr's
- Bernie
- Gunther'
- Andrew
- Taylor‘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’
- Maxim
- Jakubowski,
- Crime
- Time‘This
- is
- historical
- crime
- fiction
- at
- its
- best’
- Chris
- Lloyd‘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’
- Ben
- Kane‘A
- taut,
- tense
- thriller…
- Gutsy
- and
- gripping,
- this
- is
- perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Chris
- Lloyd
- and
- Robert
- Harris’
- D.
- V.
- Bishop‘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’
- Alison
- Belsham‘Jackson
- brings
- the
- tension,
- brutality
- and
- paranoia
- of
- Warsaw
- of
- the
- period
- into
- murderous
- life.
- A
- knife-edge
- thriller’
- Douglas
- Skelton'Jackson
- has
- written
- an
- utterly
- compelling
- novel
- ...
- A
- remarkable
- piece
- of
- work,
- a
- fine
- piece
- of
- craftsmanship' Scotsman
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