The Ladies' Lounge: A thrilling police procedural with an unexpected twist...

By Graham Brack

Don't miss the latest investigation led by Josef Slonsk ... Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbo and Peter Robinson.

Murder will speak...

When Captain Josef Slonsk is sent to investigate reports of an unpleasant smell in an apartment building, he already knows what he's going to find.

The man has been dead for some time with a brutal wound to the head. With no signs of forced entry, it seems likely he knew his attacker.

But this is not an unknown victim. Slonsk recognises him as Dominik Vitek, previously the manager of various cabaret clubs in the centre of Prague.

Vitek's clubs had great success and he even opened the first women's club - The Ladies' Lounge - as a safe place for the rich and powerful women of Prague to meet.

But his clubs were also known to host meetings of dissidents when the country was still under the Communist regime. As many years have passed since then, Slonsk is not sure if there is a connection with Vitek's death.

Was Vitek the victim of an old grudge? Was he punished for something in his past?

Or is Slonsk about to uncover something more sinister?

THE LADIES' LOUNGE is the eighth international crime thriller in the detective series featuring Josef Slonsk an atmospheric police procedural full of dark humour.

JOSEF SLONSK INVESTIGATIONS SERIES
BOOK ONE: Lying and Dying
BOOK TWO: Slaughter and Forgetting
BOOK THREE: Death on Duty
BOOK FOUR: Field of Death
BOOK FIVE: A Second Death
BOOK SIX: Laid in Earth
BOOK SEVEN: The Murdered Molls
BOOK EIGHT: The Ladies' Lounge

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854957359
• ISBN13: 9780854957354
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"