Into The Fire
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published:16th Jun '16
Should be back in stock very soon
A spellbinding narrative in the tradition of Kate Mosse's Labyrinth which thrillingly links arson attacks in modern-day France with the story of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War
There is a secret hidden within a body, burning within the flames, that will change history forever.
2014: In the French city of Orléans, a man’s charred corpse is found in a burned-out hotel, stripped of all ID.
There is a secret hidden within a body, burning within the flames, that will change history forever.
2014: In the French city of Orléans, a man’s charred corpse is found in a burned-out hotel, stripped of all ID. Police captain Inès Picaut must hunt down his killer before others fall prey to the fire. She has only one clue: the name of a woman who has been dead for over five hundred years.
1429: Joan of Arc is taking the war to the English. They want her dead but the only way to reach her is through a fiercely loyal inner circle - until undercover spy Tomas Rustbeard finally earns her trust…
The myths of the past hold the key to the mystery of the present, but how many must die before the truth is laid bare?
A clever, gripping thriller — a Da Vinci Code for those who like their prose to be elegant as well as page-turning -- Antonia Senior * The Times – Best Historical Fiction of 2015 *
Magnificent...Clever, gripping, and a nifty thriller to boot * Daily Mail *
Into the Fire is a wonderful blend of fast and furious action, bravura storytelling, a palpable sense of place - Orléans past and present - and a whodunnit that will keep you guessing until the final pages. Fabulous. -- Kate Mosse
Wonderful...Combines the two things I love most: thrillers and historical fiction * Daily Express *
Expertly blends a very plausible solution to a genuine historical mystery with a compulsive contemporary thriller. The result, as the title suggests, is intoxicatingly fiery reading -- Robert Goddard
Manda Scott’s writing is so grippingly vivid that once you begin reading, it becomes your reality. Highly recommended -- Elizabeth Chadwick
To say I was blown away is an understatement of the greatest magnitude. Into the Fire is in a word, magnificent. Page turning. Visceral. Mesmerising. Evocative - it's so evocative. It's filthy-nailed, sweat-stained, blood-drenched, gut-wrenching, tear-inducing. It's everything I want a book to be – I did not want it to end -- Ben Kane
An absorbing thriller that cleverly unites the past and the present -- Nick Rennison * BBC History *
An absorbing thriller that cleverly unites the past and the present -- Nick Rennison * BBC History *
Riveting for both the pulse-pounding action and the moral and character complexity * Bookseller *
ISBN: 9780552169578
Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 34mm
Weight: 388g
576 pages