King of Swords - Couverture souple

Stone, Nick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241957915 ISBN 13 : 9780241957912

Editeur : Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

MIAMI, 1980. THE COP: Det. Max Mingus, barely keeping his head above the filth. THE CORPSE; decomposed, with a tarot card in its bloated belly. THE BLOODY TRAIL: six more bodies at the victim's house. THE SUSPECT: fork-tongued crime lord Solomon Boukman, king of the streets. In a city rife with drugs, voodoo and corruption, finding the truth and protecting the good guys from the bad is almost impossible. The closer Max gets to Solomon Boukman, the more he finds himself in his power. And once Boukman has a hold of you, he never, ever lets go...

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Miami, 1981. Cocaine Central. Murder Capital, USA.

A city about to catch fire.

Detective Max Mingus and his partner, Joe Liston, are anticipating a routine murder investigation when they are called to the scene of death at Miami's Primate Park—until the victim's family is found slaughtered, and a partly digested tarot card, the King of Swords, is discovered in the victim's stomach.

A trail that's growing bloodier by the hour is leading Max and Joe to the most powerful criminal in Miami: the infamous Solomon Boukman. Few have ever set eyes on the evil, intensely feared enigma, but rumors abound of voodoo ceremonies, dark rites, and friends in very high places. Malevolence is running rampant in a city choking on hatred, rage, and official corruption—as Max races to discover the terrifying truth about Boukman before death's shadow reaches his own front door.

Présentation de l'éditeur

“One of the brightest new stars in the thriller genre.”
— Chicago Sun-Times

 

Nick Stone’s first novel, Mr. Clarinet, took the crime fiction world by storm—winning enthusiastic raves (“Exquisite” —South Florida Sun-Sentinel; “A spellbinding thriller of the highest order” —Chicago Tribune) as well as a Macavity and a CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. In The King of Swords, Stone brings back Detective Max Mingus in a chilling and mesmerizing “prequel” that combines murder, police corruption, and voodoo black magic. The King of Swords blazes with Miami heat—and it earns Nick Stone a permanent spot in the winner’s circle alongside the masters James Ellroy, Dennis Lehane, James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley…and Stephen King.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241957915
• ISBN 13: 9780241957912
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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