Devil in Amber

Devil in AmberThe fabulous Lucifer Box returns for another round of spirited, pun heavy sleuthing in this devilishly decadent sequel to the acclaimed The Vesuvius Club. Lucifer Box portraitist, dandy and terribly good secret agent is feeling his age. He's also more than a little anxious about an ambitious younger agent, Percy Flarge, who's snapping at his heels. Assigned to observe the activities of fascist leader Olympus Mons and his fanatical followers, or "Amber

The fabulous Lucifer Box returns for another round of spirited, pun-heavy sleuthing in this devilishly decadent sequel to the acclaimed The Vesuvius Club.

Lucifer Box -- portraitist, dandy and terribly good secret agent -- is feeling his age. He's also more than a little anxious about an ambitious younger agent, Percy Flarge, who's snapping at his heels. Assigned to observe the activities of fascist leader Olympus Mons and his fanatical followers, or "Amber Shirts," in F.A.U.S.T. -- The Fascist Anglo-United States Trinity (an acronym so tortuous it can only be sinister) -- in snowbound 1920s New York, Box finds himself framed for a vicious, mysterious murder.

Using all of his native cunning, Box escapes aboard a vessel bound for England armed with only a Broadway midget's suitcase and a string of unanswered questions: What lies hidden in the bleak Norfolk convent of St. Bede? What is "the lamb" that Olympus Mons searches for in his bid for world domination? And what has all this to do with a medieval prayer intended to summon the Devil himself?

From the glittering sophistication of Art Deco Manhattan to the eerie Norfolk coast and the snowcapped peaks of Switzerland, The Devil in Amber takes us on a thrilling, delicious ride that pits Lucifer Box against the most lethal adversary of his career: the Prince of Darkness himself.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 01/09/2007
ISBN: 9780743283960
Pages: 245
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.52w x 0.63d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 12/11/2006 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2007 pg. 16
Library Journal 01/01/2007