<b>From the author of the BBC 2 Between the Covers hit, <i>The Fine Art of Invisible Detection </i></b><br><br><b>''Truly ingenious'' </b>The Tablet<br><b>Goddard sprinkles head-turning double-crossing with delightful by-play between his two leads'' </b><i>The Times</i><br><b>''Fast-paced, beautifully crafted with some excellently drawn characters... engages from start to finish'' </b><i>Choice Magazine</i><br><b>''Goddard writes amazing novels of mystery/suspense. His new one is magical and the title is simply the best'' </b>Stephen King<br><b>__________________</b><br><br>On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement, with not even an air-conditioned office to show for his long years of service, is handed a ticking time bomb of a case which will take him deep into Algeria''s troubled past and its fraught relationship with France.<br><br>To his dismay, he is assigned to work with Agent Hidouchi, an intimidating representative of the