Sneak peek – Eva Dolan’s success with Long Way Home means that there’s lots more to come in the Zigic and Ferreira series

Both my parents migrated to the UK and when I read Long Way Home I thought about my father who left his home in Eastern Europe when he was 17 and didn’t see it again until fifty years later. It brought back lots of memories of him because there was something particularly evocative about both the title and themes of the novel. Long Way Home didn’t just strike a chord with me - the mix of good writing, smart plotting and stories drawing on contemporary social issues appealed to lots of readers, both in the UK and right across Europe.  
 

Long Way Home wasn’t just a flash in the pan. Dolan has now signed a deal for another two novels in the Zigic and Ferreira series and the TV rights have also just been optioned by ITV. Here’s a sneak preview of the next two books in the series, which have piqued my interest even more than the first book did.  
Tell No Tales – January 2015. A car ploughs into the bus stop early one morning leaving a trail of death and destruction behind it. DS Ferreira and DI Zigic are called in from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit to handle the investigation but with another major case on their hands, one with disturbing Neo-Nazi overtones, they are relieved when there seems to be an obvious suspect. However, they find the case isn't that simple and with tensions erupting in the town, leading to more violence, the media are soon hounding them for answers. Ferreira believes that local politician Richard Shotton, head of a recently established right-wing party, must be involved somehow. Journalists have been quick to acclaim Shotton, with a Brazilian wife and RAF career, as a serious contender for a major political career, despite his extremist views, but is his party a cover for something far more dangerous?

Book Three - still unnamed. Dolan’s third novel opens with a gas explosion in a cottage in a village near Peterborough. When the police go to secure the property next door they discover the woman living there has been murdered, and her disabled daughter left to starve to death upstairs. The mother had logged numerous calls in the years leading up to her murder, detailing the abuse they were encountering due to her daughter’s disability. Facing mounting criticism that the police should have taken the claims more seriously at the time, and with the crime scene badly contaminated from the fire next door, Zigic and Ferreira must delve deep into the family’s past – and that of the village in which they live – if they are to find those responsible.  

I hope you enjoyed these sneak peeks – do keep an eye out on The Crime Warp for more!  
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