Crime Meets Craft: Anthony Byrt in conversation with John Daniell

Crime meets craft in this afternoon author talk.

Anthony Byrt, in conversation with John Daniell, joins us in-store to speak to his most novel Dying Days - an espionage thriller featuring missing soldiers, MI6 and European partisans colliding in a deadly game where the lines between lies and reality are fast disintegrating...

"In the dying days of the Second World War, a new conflict is about to ignite.

May, 1945: After fighting to liberate Europe from the Nazis, Tito's Yugoslav Army and Allied forces have come to a tense standoff in the city of Trieste. Every day, locals with fascist and Nazi ties are disappearing, arrested by Yugoslav soldiers. Meanwhile the Allies watch on, reluctant to become mired in yet another conflict.

But when rumours circulate that New Zealand soldiers are among the missing, the stakes begin to rise.

A British MI6 agent and a New Zealand intelligence officer must uncover the truth behind the rumours. But the schisms in the city are becoming harder to cross, and one wealthy family keeps getting in their way. In a mission where moral lines are hopelessly blurred and violence is a necessity, deciding whether they can trust their sources - or even one another - becomes a matter of life and death.

Behind Trieste's grand facades is a divided, shadowy world shaped by lies and betrayals."

As per, all welcome and seating will be available. We'll see you there!