Constable, UK, 1979 (hbk); Walker, USA, 1979 (hbk); Dell, USA, 1979 (pbk); Lademann, Denmark, 1980 (hbk); Fleuve Noir, France, 1985 (pbk)
All editions out of print
This is the second book in the Spence series.
The gorgeous stripper at the Blue Bazaar nightclub has something more than entertainment on her mind. Blackmail, to be exact. And someone decides to silence her for ever.
Is her murder linked to a seventeen-year-old unsolved crime? A storm is brewing in the quiet English village of Tinley, and Detective Chief Superintendent Spence soon discovers that killers can strike twice.
‘Absolutely first-class. A detective story which has the depth of a good novel, more twists than an Irishman’s stick, and a stunning kick in the tail. With this book Michael Allen puts himself in the Top Ten of crime writers.’ Ted Willis in The Bookseller
‘The shocking denouement of this brilliantly plotted tale holds up to rigorous examination. Does the author play fair? The answer is yes.’ Washington Post Book World
The readers of the magazine Current Crime (circulation 110,000) voted Spence at the Blue Bazaar into sixth place in their list of the best crime novels of the year (1979).
