The Wrong Kind of Blood. An Ed Loy Mystery (Journal of Neural Transmission) (Journal of Neural Transmission) - Couverture souple

Hughes, Declan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719564530 ISBN 13 : 9780719564536

Editeur : John Murray, 2007

Synopsis

The Wrong Kind of Blood After 20 years in Los Angeles, Ed Loy returns home to Dublin to bury his mother. Suddenly, a tragic homecoming could prove fatal for the grieving private investigator. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Hughes makes a gritty start to his crime thriller series set in the Irish capital and featuring private investigator Edward Loy.' (Publishing News)

To call Declan Hughes "a natural" is to engage in understatement. Here is a crime novel that's both deftly plotted and truly character-driven. Brilliantly atmospheric . . . The dialogue crackles and the characters have a truly lived-in authenticity. A great read (Douglas Kennedy)

'Hughes breathes new life into the private detective story. This thrilling ride of deception brilliantly teaches us that the past is never far behind us, that it can reach out and grab us at any time' (Michael Connelly)

'A dark and gripping novel of long-hidden secrets, corruption and murder' (01/04/06)

'Distinctive, witty, violent and moving, THE WRONG KIND OF BLOOD is reminiscent of the best of classic American crime fiction, yet ultimately Hughes's voice is utterly his own . . . Irish crime fiction has come of age' (John Connolly)

'A classic PI novel . . . Hughes's vivid characters, realistic dialogue and narrative drive make this a very successful début . . . An exciting and thought-provoking thriller' (Sunday Telegraph, Susanna Yager /Seven)

'The sort of crime novel you really want to read . . . The plot is well-constructed, the characters well-rounded. The dialogue is to die for' (Irish Times)

A masterful debut (Daily Ireland)

'A fast-paced, tightly-written thriller . . . give it a whirl, it's worth it' (Irish Examiner Weekend)

'Finally Ireland gets a hardboiled detective worthy of the name' (Ireland on Sunday)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

After twenty years in Los Angeles, Ed Loy has come home to bury his mother. But hers is only the first dead body he encounters after crossing an ocean.

The city Loy once knew is an unrecognizable place, filled with gangsters, seducers, hucksters, and crazies, each with a scheme and an angle. But he can't refuse the sexy former schoolmate who asks him to find her missing husband—or the old pal-turned-small time criminal who shows up on Loy's doorstep with a hard-luck story and a recently fired gun. Suddenly, a tragic homecoming could prove fatal for the grieving investigator, as an unexplained photograph of his long-vanished father, a murky property deal, and a corpse discovered in the foundations of town hall combine to turn a curious case into a dark obsession—dragging Ed Loy into a violent underworld of drugs, extortion, and murder . . . and through his own haunted past where the dead will never rest.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Murray
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0719564530
• ISBN 13: 9780719564536
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 346