The Sun Is God - Couverture souple

McKinty, Adrian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1616140682 ISBN 13 : 9781616140687

Editeur : Seventh Street Books, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“The writing resembles Joseph Conrad without the layers of hard-to-understand impressionistic writing or Graham Greene without the Catholic guilt.... Entertaining.”
– BUFFALO NEWS

“McKinty’s gift for storytelling is evident...his fascinating tale is rich in detail, and there’s a most unexpected hero.”
– RT BOOK REVIEWS

“That the story of the Cocoivores is true makes it all the more fascinating and an intriguing frame for this entertaining and unusual historical mystery.”
– BOOKLIST

 
Praise for the Detective Sean Duffy novels:
 
"The best crime novel that I've read in a long time.... [McKinty is] a great writer.”
—NANCY PEARL
 
“An utterly brilliant novel with its own unique voice.” —STUART NEVILLE
 
“Pitch-perfect....Everything in this novel hits all the right notes. This is crime fiction at its best.” – BOOKLIST STARRED REVIEW
 
"I Hear the Sirens in the Street blew my bloody doors off!" -IAN RANKIN, author of the Inspector Rebus novels

Présentation de l'éditeur :

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TROUBLES TRILOGY AND DETECTIVE SEAN DUFFY NOVELS

Colonial New Guinea—1906:  a small group of mostly German nudists live an extreme back-to-nature existence on the remote island of Kabakon. Eating only coconuts and bananas, they purport to worship the sun.  One of their members—Max Lutzow—has recently died, allegedly from malaria. But an autopsy on his body in the nearby capital of Herbertshöhe raises suspicions about foul play.

Retired British military police officer Will Prior is recruited to investigate the circumstances of Lutzow’s death. At first, the eccentric group seems friendly and willing to cooperate with the investigation. They all insist that Lutzow died of malaria. Despite lack of evidence for a murder, Prior is convinced that the group is hiding something.

Things come to a head during a late-night feast supposedly given as a send-off for the visitors before they return to Herbertshöhe.  Prior fears that the intent of the “celebration” is not to fete the visitors but to make them the latest murder victims.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Seventh Street Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1616140682
• ISBN 13: 9781616140687
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240