It's 1933, and the political landscape of Europe is darkening.

Eric Campbell, the man who would be Australia's Fuhrer, is on a fascist tour of the Continent, meeting dictators over cocktails and seeking allegiances in a common cause. Yet the Australian way of life is not undefended. Old enemies have united to undermine Campbell's ambitions. The clandestine armies of the Establishment have once again mobilised to thwart any friendship with the Third Reich. But when their man in Munich is killed, desperate measures are necessary.

Now Rowland Sinclair must travel to Germany to defend Australian democracy from the relentless march of Fascism. Amidst the goosestepping euphoria of a rising Nazi movement, Rowland encounters those who will change the course of history. In a world of spies, murderers and despotic madmen, he can trust no one but an artist, a poet and a brazen sculptress.

Plots thicken, loyalties are tested and bedfellows become strange indeed...

About the Author
A reformed lawyer, Sulari Gentill is the author of the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, ten historical crime novels (thus far) chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist; the Hero Trilogy, based on the myths and epics of the ancient world; and a standalone mystery called After She Wrote Him, for which she won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award. She lives with her husband, Michael, and their boys, Edmund and Atticus, on a small farm in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains in Australia, where she grows French Black Truffles and writes. Sulari has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Best First Book, won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, been shortlisted in 2013 and the 2015 Davitt Award, the 2015 Ned Kelly Award, the 2015 and 2016 Australian Book Industry Award for Best Adult Book, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, commended in the FAW Jim Hamilton Award and offered a Varuna Fellowship. She was the inaugural Eminent Writer in Residence at the Museum of Australian Democracy, and toured the US in 2019 as an ambassador of Australian Crime Fiction. The Woman In The Library, her latest novel, will be released in June 2022.

Reviews
Filled with fascinating facts and blended with believable fiction. -- Brenda * Goodreads *
I am enthralled by Rowland Sinclair and his friends. -- Ashleigh * Goodreads *
This title has sat in my TBR shelves for far too long -- Kerrie * Goodreads *



Book Information
ISBN 9780857303639
Author Sulari Gentill
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Crime & Mystery Club Ltd
Publisher Oldcastle Books Ltd