![]() ![]() But their search will lead them inexorably towards a greater mystery, surrounding a murder that took place in Paris more than fifty years ago. They are instructed to pursue a former agent, now on the run after twenty years in prison for his part in a high-level corruption scandal. To his dismay, he is assigned to work with Agent Hidouchi, an intimidating representative of the country's feared secret service, who makes it clear she intends to call the shots. This is the Night They Come for You: 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. CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Winner 2019 - ROBERT GODDARD Chats to Paul Burke about THIS IS THE NIGHT THEY COME FOR YOU & THE FINE ART OF INVISIBLE DETECTION, Algeria, Paris 1961, character and 30 novels and counting. ![]()
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