Bloodstained Kings (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Willocks, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786215003 ISBN 13: 9780786215003

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1998

Synopsis

A story of obsession, betrayal, and revenge set in the rural South follows a son pursuing his father, and men and women in pursuit of money and power

About this title

About the Author:

Tim Willocks is a doctor specializing in psychiatry and the treatment of addiction. At the same time, he has a burgeoning career as a screenwriter and film producer, with numerous projects in development, including the screenplay of his first novel, Green River Rising, which has been optioned by Alan Pakula. Willocks's first major film, Swept from the Sea, will premiere in early 1998. He divides his time between the United States and his home in London.

From the Inside Flap:

's first book, Green River Rising, earned the kind of reviews that are rarely accorded to most so-called literary thrillers. This remarkable debut was hailed for its rich, powerful writing as well as its dramatic, page-turning suspense. The New York Times Book Review called it "beautifully vivid" and "triumphantly realized," while People called it "as fine a thriller as one could ask for."
        
The author's much-anticipated second novel is as powerful and ambitious as its predecessor. Set in New Orleans and the rural South, it is the story of a chain of cataclysmic events let loose by the murder of Clarence Jefferson, a legendary lawman who has gathered a cache of evidence that could imprison corrupt politicians in five states. His last act, it appears, was to hand-pick two people as the unlucky heirs of his potentially explosive evidence files. The pair must either dispose of t

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0786215003
• ISBN 13: 9780786215003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 613