About the book: 1994 / The books of Joe Alex, the author of action-packed stories and novels, enjoy constant success in his homeland - Poland . True, under his real name - Maciej Slomczynski - he is better known as a literary critic, screenwriter, literary translator. Joe Alex is also the constant protagonist of his works - an English detective writer who, like Simenonovsky Maigret, unravels ingenious criminal conflicts.