CHRIS LLOYD chats to Paul Burke about his new historical thriller Paris Requiem, Eddie Giral, wartime Paris, living in Catalonia, the little people of history.
PARIS REQUIEM: Paris, September 1940. After three months under Nazi Occupation, not much can shock Detective Eddie Giral. That is, until he finds a murder victim who was supposed to be in prison. Eddie knows, because he put him there. The dead man is not the first or the last criminal being let loose onto the streets. But who is pulling the strings, and why?
This question will take Eddie from jazz clubs to opera halls, from old flames to new friends, from the lights of Paris to the darkest countryside - pursued by a most troubling truth: sometimes to do the right thing, you have to join the wrong side...
CHRIS LLOYD is the author of The Unwanted Dead (Orion), winner of the Historical Writer's Association Gold Crown Award. Paris Requiem is his first novel to also be published in America. He lived in Catalonia for over twenty years, falling in love with the people, the country, the language and Barcelona Football Club. Chris now lives in Wales, where he is at work on his next novel.
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Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .
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