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out of the game--and pits Perry Mason against a murderer

a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past' TLS

Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya

A COP NEEDS TO CRACK A DEADLY CASE

and consequently refuse to acknowledge its underlying cruelty

The Rescue Man - Signed, Lined and Dated Émile Zola out of the game--and pitsLiverpool, 1939. Lonely historian Tom Baines is at work on a study of the city's architectural past but the ominous news from Europe, together with his burgeoning friendship with Richard, a young photographer, and his beautiful wife, Bella, are proving a distraction. When the bombings begin, Tom joins up as 'rescue man', retrieving the wounded and dying from the ruins of buildings, but the love affair he embarks on soon leads him into a very different