MOONOVER TANGIERS

The third volume in the FRANCIS BACON MYSTERIES: One of the most powerful surrealist painters of the 20th century, Francis Bacon was known as much for his art as for his flamboyant personal life. Janice Law upends the world of this great British painter in this chilling, captivating, and slightly campy trilogy that reimagines Bacon as a sleuth tracking murderers on several continents. Like the others, this is smart, endlessy entertaining, and historically accurate — everything you want in a good crime novel.

The irrepressible, gay, alcoholic genius painter's beloved and cantankerous grandma Nan has died. Francis has taken up with David, a charming but violent ex-RAF pilot, and has settled in Tangier, a paradise for dopers and pedophiles. Against his better judgement Francis travels to North Africa, where he is soon embroiled with Moroccan revolutionaries and a fine assortment of the European spies and crooks that infest the International Zone. Janice Law (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author of mystery fiction. The Watergate scandal inspired her to write her first novel, The Big Payoff (1977), which introduced Anna Peters, a street-smart young woman who blackmails her boss, a corrupt oil executive. The novel was a success, winning an Edgar nomination, and Law went on to write eight more in the series, including Death Under Par (1980) and Cross-Check (1997). After Death Under Par, Law set aside the character for several years to write historical mysteries The Countess (1989) and All the King’s Ladies (1986). After concluding the Peters series, she wrote three stand-alone suspense novels: The Night Bus (2000), The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed (2002), and Voices (2003). Since then, Law has focused on writing short stories, many of which appear in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Prisoner of the Riviera (2013) is her most recent novel. She lives and writes in Connecticut. These three novels form a brilliantly written and completely unique trilogy published by Otto Penzler's MysteriousPress.com