# The City of God - Hardcover

by **Michael Russell** (Author)

**Italy, 1943.** Irish detective Stefan Gillespie leaves the chaos of Nazi-occupied Rome for neutral Switzerland on a mission his government knows nothing about. Waiting for a late-night connection in Zurich he sees a train that shouldn't be there. The train's SS guards, who shouldn't be there either, beat him to within an inch of his life. But Stefan's perilous journey begins in Rome with the barbaric murder of an idealistic young Irish priest. The Eternal City is a place of vengeance, duplicity and betrayal that has even infected the City of God itself, the Vatican. In a war that is everywhere, not even neutrals, can escape the surrounding darkness.  
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Praise for Michael Russell**

'Complex but compelling . . . utterly vivid and convincing' _Independent on Sunday_

'A superb, atmospheric thriller' _Irish Independent_

'A thriller to keep you guessing and gasping' _Daily Mail_

'Atmospheric' _Sunday Times_

### Author Biography

After a successful career as a television writer and producer, working on such series as _A Touch of Frost_, _Midsomer Murders_ and _Between the Lines_, **Michael Russell** decided to write what he had always wanted to: books.

_The City in Darkness_ is the third of his Stefan Gillespie stories of historical crime fiction, taking a sideways look at the Second World War through Irish eyes, and exploring some unexpected corners of the conflict, such as Danzig, New York and, in _The City in Darkness_, the cities of Franco's Spain. The first two Stefan Gillespie novels, _The City of Shadows_ and _The City of Strangers_ were both shortlisted for Crime Writers' Association awards.

Michael lives with his family in West Wicklow, in Ireland, not a million miles from Stefan Gillespie's home.

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**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** November 07, 2023

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- **Price:** 28.99 USD
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