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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...
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Such was the acclaim that greeted Nick Stone’s amazing debut novel, Mr Clarinet, that a curious syndrome soon developed: if you hadn’t read the novel (and claimed to have any interest in the crime genre), you had to say (to all who would listen) ’I really must read Mr Clarinet -- I’ve heard so much about it!’ (preferably said with a pronounced guilty note in the voice). Such people, of course, should do themselves a favour and actually read the book – the sprawling, ambitious Haiti-set phantasmagoria broke new ground in several provocative ways for the crime field. It also introduced troubled detective Max Mingus – a vividly drawn protagonist -- and now here’s King of Swords, not so much a sequel to the debut novel, as a prequel with Max Mingus in his first terrifying encounter with his sinister nemesis Solomon Boukman.
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So... the biq question: has Nick Stone matched that jaw-dropping debut?
Initially, this seems a very different kind of book – the setting is the more familiar Miami rather than a surrealistically realised Haiti. But -- relax – this is just as strong and disturbing a book as Mr Clarinet. In fact, those seeking a comfortable read should steer well clear – but if you’re looking for rough-edged crime fiction that will seriously unsettle you (and many of us seek exactly that), then King of Swords does the business -- look no further. And now -- how long do we have to wait for the third Nick Stone novel? --Barry Forshaw
Praise for Mr Clarinet:
'Terrifying, exhilarating . . . A breathlessly compelling tale of black magic and mystery' Daily Express
'A masterwork, a tour de force . . . crime fiction at its engrossing zenith' Shots
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0241957915
- ISBN 13 9780241957912
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages576
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