Tears Of A Clown
The critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Declan Walsh series continues...
"No one's laughing now..."
Every February, the clowns of Britain gather at All Saints Church in Haggerston for the Grimaldi Memorial Service. When this year's service ends, one Joey remains seated in a pew near the back. By the time anyone realises he isn't sleeping, he's been dead for over an hour.
Over a hundred witnesses. Every one of them in full clown makeup. And a murderer among them.
When DCI Declan Walsh and the Temple Inn team scrub the makeup from the victim, the mystery deepens – his face is nowhere on the Clown Egg Register. He's not a clown at all. What he is, and why he died holding a slice of cake from a service held a decade ago, pulls the team into the secretive world of Britain's clowning fraternity – to a musical grave in Islington where mourners still dance, to a two-hundred-year-old story of a daughter ordered to sever her father's head, and to a theft from the Clowns' Gallery in Dalston that was never reported to the police.
While Doctor Rosanna Marcos receives a visit from a face she hasn't seen in years – and is forced to face a promise she thought she'd already repaid – in a church full of laughter, the killer is sitting in plain sight.
Declan has faced killers who hide in shadows before. But this one is hiding behind a smile – and the show isn't over yet...
The twenty-sixth book in the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling series of procedural crime thrillers featuring DCI Declan Walsh and the team of the Last Chance Saloon, Tears Of A Clown is perfect for fans of J.D. Kirk, L.J. Ross, Ian Rankin, Alex Smith, Rachel McLean, J.M. Dalgliesh, and Ann Cleeves, among others.
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Jack Gatland, the pen name of Tony Lee, is a British author known for crafting intricate crime thrillers that keep readers at the edge of their seats. With a writing career that spans over three decades, Lee's diverse body of work includes everything from graphic novels and comics to television scripts, but it is under the Gatland name that he has truly found his voice in the world of crime fiction. His gripping Detective Inspector Declan Walsh series delves deep into the world of cold cases, bringing life to the "Last Chance Saloon" unit of the City of London Police—where every investigation feels like a race against time, and every solution is just as layered and complex as the characters themselves.
Detective Inspector Declan Walsh
In the gritty, rain-soaked streets of London, Detective Inspector Declan Walsh hunts for justice in a world where nothing is ever quite as it seems. The Detective Inspector Declan Walsh series follows Walsh and his team of skilled investigators as they navigate a maze of cold cases, twisted motives, and dark secrets that threaten to unravel everything they believe in. The series is a thrilling journey through the city's underworld, where morality is murky and the lines between right and wrong are constantly shifting.
Detective Inspector Declan Walsh consists of twenty-five books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
