| "A quite astonishing first novel which injects the reader into the heart of the darkness which was Sarajevo at the height of the Yugoslav conflict. Reading this book is like being there. If Fesperman had taken me any closer to the action I'd be demanding a flak jacket. At the book's core is a police detective, a man who must deal with the conflict while never wholly understanding it, who must investigate one meaningful murder while those around him seem inured to daily slaughter. This is a humane and moving book, a great crime novel. A great novel, period." Ian Rankin |
Investigator Petric makes his living from thedead. Lately business has been slow, what with thesiege around Sarajevo. Condoned killing hasdisplaced the crime of passion; his services withthe civil police as a homicide investigator havebeen less in demand. Unluckily one premeditateddeath does land on the detective's desk - that ofthe chief of the interior ministry's police - shotdead at close range. Brilliantly rendering theunderworld of Sarajevo at war, this thrillerfollows one man's desperate, deadly pursuit of thewrong people in the worst places.
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
June 1999 : Hardback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 1569471533 / 9781569471531 (USA edition) Publisher: Soho Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
July 1999 : Hardback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 1901982661 / 9781901982664 (UK edition) Publisher: No Exit Press Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
Paperback Editions
December 2012 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie in The Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 1842439456 / 9781842439456 (UK edition) Publisher: NO EXIT PRESS Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
March 2012 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 1616950641 / 9781616950644 (USA edition) Publisher: Soho Crime Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
July 2004 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie In The Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 0552772682 / 9780552772686 (UK edition) Publisher: Black Swan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
April 2004 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 1842431188 / 9781842431184 (UK edition) Publisher: No Exit Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
January 2000 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 1901982688 / 9781901982688 (UK edition) Publisher: No Exit Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
May 2000 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 0375707670 / 9780375707674 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
July 1999 : Paperback
 | Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 190198270X / 9781901982701 (UK edition) Publisher: No Exit Press Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
Audio Editions
October 2006 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: 0753136600 / 9780753136607 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
July 2003 : Kindle edition
| Title: Lie in the Dark Author(s):: Dan Fesperman ISBN: B003YFIX9I Publisher: Soho Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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