The Hidden Assassins » (Reprint)

ROBERT WILSON is the author of nine previous novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon and The Company of Strangers. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked in shipping, advertising, and trading in Africa, and has lived in Greece and West Africa.

As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón investigates a faceless, mutilated corpse, the city of Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. The discovery of a mosque in the basement of a devastated apartment building confirms everybody’s fears of terrorism. Panic sweeps the city and the region goes on red alert. But as more bodies are dragged from the rubble, and the media interest and political pressure intensify, Falcón suspects that all is not what it appears to be. Just as he seems close to cracking the conspiracy, a terrifying discovery reveals that the threat reaches far beyond Spain’s borders. Shaken to the core, Falcon races against time to restore calm to a frantic city and prevent the deaths of thousands.

The Hidden Assassins is a thriller of the highest order.

The Washington Post - Sarah Weinman

Modern terrorism is uppermost in the minds of those who populate Robert Wilson's new novel, but the engines driving The Hidden Assassins through to its satisfying, nuanced finish are old human emotions: greed, obsession, love … the novel forges a link between personal calamity and greater terror concerns.