{"product_id":"9781448207329","title":"Confessional","description":"The extraordinary, demonic monument to Franco broods over the Valley of the Fallen, north of Madrid. Here, in the hallowed seclusion of the confessional box, Eduardo Tomas, Spain's Home Affairs Minister, is gunned down by a manipulative killer. Senior Interpol officer, Marius Larche, heads the investigating team; his number two, Detective Superintendent Alison Rowe, seconded from Scotland Yard because of her special knowledge of one particular political assassin, suspected of the murder. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the beautiful fortress-like island of Molino, they investigate the web of secrecy and suspicion which surrounds the Minister's widow and the whole Tomas family. As Larche and Rowe assemble their suspects in the lavish retreat overlooking the Mediterranean, a ruthless killer penetrates the rigid security ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical and religious intrigue, the hedonism of the rich and the brutality of desperate people make an irresistible melange in \u003ci\u003eConfessional\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1993, a successor to Anthony Masters' first Marius Larche investigation, \u003ci\u003eMurder is a Long Time Coming\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003eAnthony Masters is the author of eleven works of adult fiction - notably,\u003ci\u003e Conquering Heroes \u003c\/i\u003e(1969), \u003ci\u003eRed Ice \u003c\/i\u003e(1986, with Nicholas Barker), \u003ci\u003eThe Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eThe Good and Faithful Servant\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eLifers\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) - and, prior to his death, was in the process of completing another, \u003ci\u003eDark Bridges\u003c\/i\u003e, which he thought would be his best. Many of these works carry deep insights into social problems that he gained, over four decades, by helping the socially excluded, be it by running soup kitchens for drug addicts or by campaigning for the civic rights of gypsies and other ethnic minorities. Masters is also known for his eclectic range of non-fiction titles. It ranged from the biographies of such diverse personalities as Hannah Senesh (\u003ci\u003eThe Summer that Bled\u003c\/i\u003e, 1972), Mikhail Bakunin (\u003ci\u003eBakunin: the Father of Anarchism\u003c\/i\u003e, 1974), Nancy Astor (\u003ci\u003eNancy Astor: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, 1981) and the British secret service chief immortalized by Ian Fleming in his James Bond books (\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was M: the Life of Maxwell Knight\u003c\/i\u003e, 1984), to a history of the notorious asylum Bedlam (\u003ci\u003eBedlam\u003c\/i\u003e, 1977).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182249165040,"sku":"9781448207329","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448207329_p0.jpg?v=1763830062","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448207329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}