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The Valkyrie Song

The Valkyrie Song

(Jan Fabel: book 5): an unmissable and unputdownable thriller that will haunt you long after you finish the last page…

Summary

Calling all fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin - this blood-curdling and hypnotically tense thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell with its devilishly cunning plot and mind-blowing maze of twists and turns is perfect for you.

'This splendid thriller...The story races along with pace and verve' -- Daily Express

'Very well written and a page-turner!........Craig Russell never lets his many fans down' -- ***** Reader review
'One of the most disturbing but addictive reads I had for a long time' -- ***** Reader review
'Really gripping yarn with twists and turns along the way' -- ***** Reader review
'Fabel is in fine form and the plot is wonderfully twisted. A must for lovers of good crime novels' -- ***** Reader review
'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review

*****
ONE ASSASSIN. ONE SERIAL KILLER. TWO ANGELS OF DEATH.

After a gap of ten years, a female serial killer - the Angel of St Pauli - again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg's red-light district, dying of the most savage knife wounds. Jan Fabel is called in to investigate.

Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. And a long-forgotten project by East Germany's Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War, involving a highly-trained group of female assassins, known by the codename Valkyrie.

Fabel's hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel.

Reviews

  • Brilliant ... Crime writing par excellence
    Joanna Franks, Peterborough Evening Telegraph

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Craig Russell

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