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A Spring Betrayal
by Tom Callaghan
(09/4/16)
Praise for Tom Callaghan:
Storytelling of the highest quality Introduces a detective it is
impossible not to believe in. Callaghan is a new voice to be
welcomed.
Daily Mail
"[A Killing Winter] establishes Callaghan as a major new voice
in crime fiction with his cut-to-the-bone storytelling and
descriptive brilliance. Many secrets remain to be revealed in
Kyrgyzstan."
Kirkus Reviews
Callaghan is a hell of a writer, with a tremendous sense of
pace and an arch ear for juicy dialogue and the pages flies by.
Crime Thriller Fella

We uncovered the last of the bodies in the red hour before dusk, as the sun
stained the snowcaps of the Tian Shan Mountains the color of dried blood and
the spring air turned sharp and cold . . .
Inspector Akyl Borubaev of the Bishkek Murder Squad has been exiled to the far
corner of Kyrgyzstan, but death and corruption still haunt him in the remote town
where he has been stationed.
Borubaev soon finds himself caught up in a mysterious and gruesome new case:
several children's bodies have been found buried together all tagged with name
bands, all killed in the same way. In his search for the truth behind the brutal
killings, Borubaev hits a wall of silence, with no one to turn to outside his

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sometime lover, the beautiful and lethal undercover security service agent
Saltanat Umarova.
When Borubaev himself is framed for the production of blood-soaked child
pornography connected with the case, it looks as though things couldn't get any
worse. With the investigation at a dangerous standstill, Borubaev sets out to save
his own integrity, and to deliver his own savage brand justice on behalf of the
many dead who can't speak for themselves . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born in the north of England, Tom Callaghan was
educated at the University of York and Vassar College, USA. An inveterate
traveller, he divides his time between London, Prague, Dubai and Bishkek.
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Title: A Spring Betrayal
Author: Tom Callaghan
Pub date: 09/4/16
Publisher: Quercus
Format: hardcover
Price: $26.99
ISBN: 9781681443782