ABOUT THE BOOK

The fifth in the series of titles featuring Evan Michael Tanner. He is 34 years old and hasn't slept a wink since a piece of shrapnel destroyed the sleep centre in his brain during the Korean War. Tanner loves lost causes and beautiful women. The FBI has a thick file on him; the CIA taps his phone and a super-secret intelligence agency wants him to be their man!

Minna might be the heiress to the Lithuanian throne but she was still a little girl - one who was just thrilled about going to the World's Fair in Montreal. How could Evan Tanner know that this innocent outing would lead him and Minna into the middle of a terrorist plot? And not just any terrorist plot but the most daring, most dastardly plot of all time...to blow up the Queen of England!

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'Wonderfully detailed and inspiring writing' - The London Guardian

'Block is one of the best' - Washington Post

'..if you are coming new to Lawrence Block.....it will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship' - Vincent Banville, Irish Times

'A master of crime fiction' - Jonathan Kellerman