Purchase
Harper
December 2008
On Sale: December 1, 2008
576 pages
ISBN: 0060897317
EAN: 9780060897314
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction
Miami, 1981. Cocaine Central.
Murder Capital, USA.
A man about to face evil.
A city about to catch fire. When Detective Max Mingus and his partner, Joe Liston, are
called to the scene of a death at Miami's Primate Park, it
looks like another routine—if slightly bizarre—
investigation. That is, until two things turn up: the
victim's family, slaughtered, and a partly digested tarot
card in the dead man's stomach—the King of Swords. An increasingly bloody trail leads Max and Joe first to a
sinister fortune-teller and her scheming pimp son, then to
the infamous Solomon Boukman. Few have ever met the most
feared criminal in Miami, but rumors abound of a forked
tongue, voodooesque ceremonies, and friends in very high
places. Against a backdrop of black magic and police corruption,
Max and Joe must distinguish the good guys from the bad—
and track down some answers. What is the significance of the King of Swords? What makes
those who have swallowed the card go on a killing spree
just before they die? And can Max find out the truth about
Solomon Boukman before death's shadow reaches his own
front door? The King of Swords is a feat of black magic, combining a
thrilling plot, unforgettable characters, and the uniquely
menacing atmosphere that made Nick Stone's Mr. Clarinet
the most celebrated crime debut of 2006.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy