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    <body><![CDATA[This is the fourth and (says the author) last in the crime series set in Seville, featuring troubled cop Javier Falcon. I was very excited when I chanced on this book in the library (wasn't expecting it, hadn't heard about it in the usual places) and got down to reading it immediately. However, only...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59407750">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Most critics found <em>The Ignorance of Blood</em> to be highly entertaining and hailed it as a successful combination of psychological fiction, police procedural, and international thriller. They also found Wilson's key characters -- Javier, Consuelo, Yacoub, and even young Dario -- to be expertly dra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65553757">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In <em>The Ignorance of Blood</em>, the final book of Robert Wilson’s sterling Javier Falcón  sequence, his doughty police inspector is in the middle of a battle between Russian mafia groups. He has made a promise to the inhabitants of Seville that he will track down those behind a bombing which has wrecked a pre-school building, and killed many -- including children. Falcón is stumped until a connection with the Russian mob becomes apparent after a fatal car accident. But things are complicated for Falcón when his closest friend, the Moroccan Yacoub Diori (who spies for the Spanish intelligence agency), is blackmailed by a group of terrorists into whose organisation he has inveigled himself.<p>In <em>The Ignorance of Blood</em>, Robert Wilson demonstrates once again his effortless skill at orchestrating a variety of elements: vividly drawn, fully-rounded characters, complex and intriguing plotting (with endemic corruption and the impact of the past on the present recurring themes), and – perhaps most piquant of all – a strong and atmospheric sense of place; few novels have conjured up the sultry city of Seville with the skill on offer here.<p> This, regrettably, is the final book in Wilson’s much-admired Falcón quartet will inspire a duality of feeling in readers who have keenly followed the sequence: satisfaction that Wilson has written such a satisfying<em>finis</em> to the quartet, and regret that this is to be our last time in the company of the intriguing Javier Falcón. But we can at least anticipate further achievements from the highly talented Robert Wilson. --<em>Barry Forshaw</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd read all books by Robert Wilson. Normally I don't like thrillers, but this story starts in Morocco, Spain, and Seville. Unfortunately, this is the last book with Falcon as a detective, there were 3 or 4 before this one and they were all very good. The last one had it all - the Russian mafia, Mus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56921339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the fourth and final book of the Javier Falcon series. It was also my first taste of the series and I was greatly entertained for the first 3/4 of the book. The ending was a bit too convoluted and read like a bad action-oriented, cop opera. <br/><br/>Robert Wilson is a terrific writer and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74917678">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Final book in the Javier Falcon series. Not as strong as the first (best) or second (quite good), but good writing and a fun wrap-up.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[just started but usually find Wilson an excellent read<br/><br/>liked the book a lot - hard to put down and insightful about how corrupt so many officials are in the world ]]></body>
    
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