Imaginary Crimes

A novel by Toby Green, his first work of fiction after five books of nonfiction translated into ten languages. In Madrid, an Argentinian bookseller is drawn into the scheme of an American professor who wants to prevent an appalling crime. Her allies come to include a Gambian migrant in Paris and a Spanish waitress in London, four exiles bound together in a dangerous obsession. In Buenos Aires, the criminals are pursued without mercy. They cross paths with a Nigerian judge, the wife of one of Franco’s old thugs, a caretaker to the wealthy, and Peter Halbtsen, an expert in Chinese culture who has spent years deciphering a book that may hold the key. It is early March 2004. But where is the crime? Who is the criminal? And can humanity be stopped from reaping the whirlwind?