Carmichael calls to warn the Kahns and so they have time to escape. With the Kahns now on the run, Carmichael goes to Wales to interview Thirke's mother, who recounts Angela's admission that she helped Lord Eversley and Mark Normanby murder her husband. While he returns to London to arrest Angela and Normanby, however, Carmichael discovers that Agnes has been murdered. Undaunted, Carmichael presents his findings to Penn-Barkis, the head of Scotland Yard, and identifies the involvement of the three suspects in a conspiracy to murder Thirke and place the blame on the Jews for it. After he listens to Carmichael's description, Penn-Barkis orders Carmichael to drop the case and uses Carmichael's homosexuality to blackmail him into acquiescing in the official story. Reception Freida Murray's review for Booklist called "the characters are highly plausible, and in every aspect, from the petty snobbery hampering the inspector to the we-don't-do-that-here conclusion the plot encourages warily reconsidering the daily news." Kirkus Reviews commented that "despite a rather fumbling approach, Walton's sinister political conspiracies pack a considerable wallop." Awards and nominations It was nominated for a Nebula Award, a Quill Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel, the Locus Award and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. It won the Romantic Times 2006 Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. See also Axis victory in World War II, regarding works of Nazi Germany/Axis/World War II alternate history References External links Farthing official website 2006 British novels British alternative history novels Novels by Jo Walton Novels about World War II alternate histories 2006 science fiction novels Fiction set in 1949 Tor Books books Canadian alternative history novels 2006 Canadian novels