Death Can't Take a Joke (Kiszka and Kershaw Book 2)

‘GRIPPING’ – VAL MCDERMID

When masked men brutally murder of his closest friends, Janusz Kiszka – fixer to London’s Poles – must dig deep into the city’s criminal underbelly to track down the killers. Shadowing a beautiful Ukrainian girl he believes could solve the mystery, Kiszka finds himself skating dangerously close to her ruthless ‘businessman’ boyfriend. Meanwhile, his old nemesis, police detective Natalie Kershaw is struggling to identify a mystery suicide, a Pole who jumped off the top of Canary Wharf Tower. But all is not what it seems…

Sparks fly as Kiszka and Kershaw’s paths cross again, but when their separate investigations call for a journey to Poland’s wintry eastern borders, they're forced to call an uneasy truce...

REVIEWS

‘Lipska is a crime writer of bravura skills’ – BRIT NOIR

'A clever plot, interesting characters and believable knowledge of the edgy lives of immigrnants half pining for the old country' - THE LONDON TIMES

Kiszka is a fantastic creation - burly, brave and not afraid to punch someone. But he’s far from a one-dimensional knucklehead, with his strong Catholic faith, love of good food and unswerving belief in justice, all helping to make him a compelling, complex figure - THE CATHOLIC HERALD

'Intelligent and original: part mystery, part fascinating portrait of London's endlessly changing population' – ALEX MARWOOD, author, The Darkest Secret

'A fantastic mix of crime, grit, politics, suspense and sinister undercurrents with a unique sense of humour’ – MARTYN WAITES, author of the Joe Donovan series

‘Riveting. Kiszka and Kershaw are one of the most compelling duos in contemporary crime fiction’ – STAV SHEREZ, author, Eleven Days

‘Nothing new in the crime genre? Yes there is. There’s Anya Lipska’ – DAVID MARK, author