The Falcon's Shadow
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
A master of suspense casts a long shadow over the genre of mid-century crime fiction, and William Du Bois's The Falcon's Shadow is a prime example of that tradition at its most gripping. Set against a backdrop of intrigue and deception, the novel draws readers into a world where nothing is as it appears, and the line between hunter and hunted blurs with every turn of the page. Du Bois constructs his narrative with the precision of a chess grandmaster, placing characters in impossible situations and watching them manoeuvre toward an electrifying conclusion. Published by Hutchinson of London, The Falcon's Shadow illustrates Du Bois's gift for atmospheric tension and tightly coiled plotting, hallmarks of the Golden Age crime tradition that continued to thrive well into the post-war era. His prose is crisp and economical, never wasting a word, yet always layering in the psychological depth that elevates genre fiction into something far more enduring. For readers who prize intelligent, character-driven suspense, this is a title that will linger long after the final page is turned — the falcon's shadow, it turns out, falls on all of us.
Author: William Du Bois
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Hutchinson of London
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
A master of suspense casts a long shadow over the genre of mid-century crime fiction, and William Du Bois's The Falcon's Shadow is a prime example of that tradition at its most gripping. Set against a backdrop of intrigue and deception, the novel draws readers into a world where nothing is as it appears, and the line between hunter and hunted blurs with every turn of the page. Du Bois constructs his narrative with the precision of a chess grandmaster, placing characters in impossible situations and watching them manoeuvre toward an electrifying conclusion. Published by Hutchinson of London, The Falcon's Shadow illustrates Du Bois's gift for atmospheric tension and tightly coiled plotting, hallmarks of the Golden Age crime tradition that continued to thrive well into the post-war era. His prose is crisp and economical, never wasting a word, yet always layering in the psychological depth that elevates genre fiction into something far more enduring. For readers who prize intelligent, character-driven suspense, this is a title that will linger long after the final page is turned — the falcon's shadow, it turns out, falls on all of us.