Amy Boxer, the precocious daughter of London kidnap consultant Charles Boxer and Detective Inspector Mercy Danquah, has drifted from melancholy and frustration to drastic action: she’s leaving home. But Amy can’t just walk out, and goads the talents of her parents, with a challenge: YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME.
Amy’s destination: Madrid. Here, in the strobe-lights of bars and crowded dance clubs, she’s anonymous and untraceable. Except to a volatile, unpredictable leader in the Madrid drug trade, the man known only as El Osito.
Charles Boxer will use his very specific set of skills to retrace Amy’s quickly vanishing steps, while DI Danquah takes on her own case in London: a young boy, Sasha Bobkov, has gone missing. Is the disappearance connected to Sasha’s father, a retired agent of the Russian secret service, who is working to discover who poisoned his former fellow agent, Alexander Tereshchenko.
As Danquah begins her search for Sasha, a body is found in Madrid. Amy’s father may be the next target.
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Review
"YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME delivers a serious adrenaline rush and a raft of memorable characters." IRISH INDEPENDENT A double plot is always a gamble, because the story lines inevitably become rivals for the reader's interest. Here, there's a clear winner. Although the London kidnapping is typically well researched and replete with strong characters, it can't compete with the more visceral allure of Boxer's search in Madrid for Amy and revenge. SUNDAY TIMES "Written with Wilson's trademark lucidity and style this is as much a thrilling page-turner as a meditation on loss and what we would do for the ones we love." CATHOLIC HERALD [A] gripping thriller. THE SUN A very high-class thriller, as readers expect from Wilson, performed by characters who develop and change realistically in response to events. MORNING STAR "An absolutely outstanding second book of a new series by an very experienced writer... Strongly recommended." EUROCRIME An exceptional page-turner... If you haven't read Robert Wilson before the Charlie Boxer series is a great place to start and I can guarantee you will be diving into his previous work straight after. BITE THE BOOK Robert Wilson ratchets up the pace, ups the ante on the action and keeps you plugged into a story with hidden depths. NORTHERN ECHO The London kidnapping is typically well researched and replete with strong characters, it can't compete with the more visceral allure of Boxer's search in Madrid for Amy and revenge. SUNDAY TIMES Written with Wilson's trademark lucidity and style, this is as much a thrilling page-turner as a meditation on loss and what we would do for the ones we love. -- Stav Sherez CATHOLIC HERALD To call this a thriller is to cheapen Wilson's 'tour de force' about this small, dysfunctional group of people who keep each other at arm's length whilst drowning in their own isolation. I was totally consumed by 'You Will Never Find Me' and this level of writing can only be produced by a master of his craft. This is an astonishing and thought provoking novel of the highest order. CRIMESQUAD Wilson is a master thriller writer and he proves it again with his new novel... If you haven't read Robert Wilson before the Charlie Boxer series is a great place to start. BITETHEBOOK.COM A story with hidden depths. NORTHERN ECHO A very high-class thriller, as readers expect from Wilson, performed by characters who develop and change realistically in response to events. MORNING STAR "This fantastic story is a roller coaster of sheer terror and is definitely not one to miss!" BRADFORD TELEGRAPH & ARGUS An absolute humdinger of a follow up to Capital Punishment... Superbly tense." PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH "The broken family at the heart of this mystery breathes life into this intriguing tale." BIG ISSUE
About the Author
Robert Wilson has lived and worked around the world, including spells shipbroking, tour-guiding, and exporting bathrooms to Nigeria. Eventually, Rob settled in Portugal, and turned to novels. Since then, he's written many acclaimed crime novels including the CWA Gold Dagger award winning A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON and the Falcon series, recently adapted for television. His first novel featuring Charlie Boxer, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT was shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award. Find out more at www.robert-wilson.eu.
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Amy Boxer, the precocious daughter of London kidnap consultant Charles Boxer and Detective Inspector Mercy Danquah, has drifted from melancholy and frustration to drastic action: she’s leaving home. But Amy can’t just walk out, and goads the talents of her parents, with a challenge: YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME.
Amy’s destination: Madrid. Here, in the strobe-lights of bars and crowded dance clubs, she’s anonymous and untraceable. Except to a volatile, unpredictable leader in the Madrid drug trade, the man known only as El Osito.
Charles Boxer will use his very specific set of skills to retrace Amy’s quickly vanishing steps, while DI Danquah takes on her own case in London: a young boy, Sasha Bobkov, has gone missing. Is the disappearance connected to Sasha’s father, a retired agent of the Russian secret service, who is working to discover who poisoned his former fellow agent, Alexander Tereshchenko.
As Danquah begins her search for Sasha, a body is found in Madrid. Amy’s father may be the next target.
**
Review
"YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME delivers a serious adrenaline rush and a raft of memorable characters." IRISH INDEPENDENT A double plot is always a gamble, because the story lines inevitably become rivals for the reader's interest. Here, there's a clear winner. Although the London kidnapping is typically well researched and replete with strong characters, it can't compete with the more visceral allure of Boxer's search in Madrid for Amy and revenge. SUNDAY TIMES "Written with Wilson's trademark lucidity and style this is as much a thrilling page-turner as a meditation on loss and what we would do for the ones we love." CATHOLIC HERALD [A] gripping thriller. THE SUN A very high-class thriller, as readers expect from Wilson, performed by characters who develop and change realistically in response to events. MORNING STAR "An absolutely outstanding second book of a new series by an very experienced writer... Strongly recommended." EUROCRIME An exceptional page-turner... If you haven't read Robert Wilson before the Charlie Boxer series is a great place to start and I can guarantee you will be diving into his previous work straight after. BITE THE BOOK Robert Wilson ratchets up the pace, ups the ante on the action and keeps you plugged into a story with hidden depths. NORTHERN ECHO The London kidnapping is typically well researched and replete with strong characters, it can't compete with the more visceral allure of Boxer's search in Madrid for Amy and revenge. SUNDAY TIMES Written with Wilson's trademark lucidity and style, this is as much a thrilling page-turner as a meditation on loss and what we would do for the ones we love. -- Stav Sherez CATHOLIC HERALD To call this a thriller is to cheapen Wilson's 'tour de force' about this small, dysfunctional group of people who keep each other at arm's length whilst drowning in their own isolation. I was totally consumed by 'You Will Never Find Me' and this level of writing can only be produced by a master of his craft. This is an astonishing and thought provoking novel of the highest order. CRIMESQUAD Wilson is a master thriller writer and he proves it again with his new novel... If you haven't read Robert Wilson before the Charlie Boxer series is a great place to start. BITETHEBOOK.COM A story with hidden depths. NORTHERN ECHO A very high-class thriller, as readers expect from Wilson, performed by characters who develop and change realistically in response to events. MORNING STAR "This fantastic story is a roller coaster of sheer terror and is definitely not one to miss!" BRADFORD TELEGRAPH & ARGUS An absolute humdinger of a follow up to Capital Punishment... Superbly tense." PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH "The broken family at the heart of this mystery breathes life into this intriguing tale." BIG ISSUE
About the Author
Robert Wilson has lived and worked around the world, including spells shipbroking, tour-guiding, and exporting bathrooms to Nigeria. Eventually, Rob settled in Portugal, and turned to novels. Since then, he's written many acclaimed crime novels including the CWA Gold Dagger award winning A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON and the Falcon series, recently adapted for television. His first novel featuring Charlie Boxer, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT was shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award. Find out more at www.robert-wilson.eu.