The appearances of novels recovered from the handwriting of the already disappeared Philip kerr they always have that unpredictable suspense point that the Scottish author always maintained.
With its component of historical fiction at times; with its doses of espionage in the midst of Nazism or the cold war; until its unforeseen twists always loaded with that tension to the point of thriller adjusted to the setting of the day.
On this occasion, Kerr blends more with a narrator using more distant historical fictions. And it is in that world still immersed in dark cities and morals, where Kerr so soon emulates Ken follett as he disguises himself as Umberto Eco, causing us to stir restlessly before discoveries and risks as shared horizons for a protagonist who beats us from the first scene.
An absorbent thriller history on politics, science and religion in London at the end of the seventeenth century by one of the most iconic authors of the black genre.
In 1696, Christopher Ellis, an impetuous young man fond of cards and women, is sent to the Tower of London, but not as a prisoner. Thanks to an unexpected twist of fate, Ellis becomes the new assistant to Sir Isaac Newton, the renowned scientist who is also in charge of hunting down counterfeiters who threaten to bring down the English economy.
With Newton's keen acumen and Ellis's skill with a sword, the quirky pair of detectives prepare to solve the case. However, when their investigations lead them to a mysterious coded message about a corpse hidden in the Tower of Lions, the two investigators realize that something much more sinister is being concocted.
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