Blackstone and the Endgame

by Sally Spencer

Overview

Set-up and on the run for his life, Inspector Sam Blackstone must uncover the truth before he is convicted for murder.

December, 1916. A German traitor wants £25,000 in exchange for intelligence on U-boat locations, and 'Max' has specifically asked for Inspector Sam Blackstone to be the one to deliver the money - alone. Blackstone and his sergeant, Archie Patterson, are certain there's more to it than that, but that is little comfort when, as suspected, it all goes wrong, and Blackstone finds himself on the run from his own colleagues, with Patterson languishing in a cell.

A chance meeting with a Russian former colleague seems to provide a lifeline, but his help comes at a cost ...

Praise for Sally Spencer and the Blackstone series:

"A gripping page-turner that will appeal to a wide range of fans" - Booklist Starred Review of Blackstone and the Endgame

"Rich atmospherics that will appeal to fans of Charles Todd's Rutledge novels" - Publishers Weekly on Blackstone and the Great War

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839014888
Publisher:	Lume Books
Publication date:	08/25/2022
Series:	The Blackstone Detective Seres , #10
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Sally Spencer worked as a teacher both in England and Iran - where she witnessed the fall of the Shah. She now lives in Spain and writes full-time. She is an almost fanatical mah jong player.

Editorial Reviews

Spencer has outdone herself in this latest Blackstone adventure... it’s a gripping page-turner that will appeal to a wide range of fans

Booklist Starred Review

Spencer has outdone herself in this latest Blackstone adventure... it’s a gripping page-turner that will appeal to a wide range of fans

Booklist Starred Review

Spencer has outdone herself in this latest Blackstone adventure...  it’s a gripping page-turner that will appeal to a wide range of fans.”
Booklist Starred Review of  Blackstone and the Endgame

From the Publisher

2013-10-01
International intrigue takes its toll on Inspector Sam Blackstone (Blackstone and the Great War, 2012, etc.). The Special Branch doesn't often take much interest in the affairs of Scotland Yard. So Blackstone is astonished and not a little apprehensive when Branch Superintendent Brigham selects him to meet a shadowy informant called Max and exchange an attaché case full of currency for the German Navy's secret submarine plans. Naturally, it's a trap. Max disappears with the cash, leaving Blackstone holding the proverbial bag. His pudgy sergeant, Archie Patterson, springs the inspector from jail but lands in the hoosegow himself. Next thing he knows, Blackstone's spirited away to St. Petersburg by Vladimir, an old comrade at arms, to spend his days near Nevsky Prospekt playing with model trains and waiting for his friend to reveal what nefarious plot he's hatching. They go club-hopping with members of the royal family and cross paths with a mystic named Rasputin. Blackstone also infiltrates a strike planned by factory workers while he's serving as bodyguard to Vladimir's beautiful young agent, Tanya. Meanwhile, Archie, out on six days' remand, scours London looking for the elusive Max with no official standing and only the help of Ellie Carr, a forensic pathologist and Blackstone's sometime lover. Packed with portents, Blackstone's ninth takes a nicely shaped puzzle and inflates it until it's as gassy as one of the Kaiser's zeppelins.

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