The Sun Is God

McKinty, Adrian

ISBN 10: 148301617X ISBN 13: 9781483016177

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2014

Synopsis

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 Herbertshohe 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 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 Herbertshohe. Prior fears the intent of the celebration is not to fete the visitors but to make them the latest murder victims."

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Product Description

Former police office Will Prior has been hired to investigate the death of a member of a nudist cult on the remote island of Kabakon, and even though the cult members insist the death was from malaria, Will becomes suspicious of the group when he and hiscompanions are invited to a late-night feast.

Review

Praise for the Detective Sean Duffy novels:

"The best crime novel mystery 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

Praise for the Detective Sean Duffy novels:
"The best crime novel mystery 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

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"

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 148301617X
• ISBN 13: 9781483016177
• Binding: Audio CD