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Sidney Blattner is the most successful and the most brutal organized crime figure in London, and now someone has dared to execute his innocent brother in the seaside resort of Margate. When Sidney attends the funeral, his chauffeur disappears and two aides turn up dead. Will Vince, the sharpest member of Sid's firm, have better luck when he arrives in the seaside town?
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Compared to New York or LA, a sleepy Kent seaside resort is not the most obvious setting for a noir thriller. However, with Scorpion Rising,dubbed "A seaside noir" Anthony Frewin is aware that a seemingly mundane locale can be just as unnerving as teeming city life. All the classic genre staples are present, with the world-weary 'tec investigating a labrynthine mystery. Yet, here, the hero is a gangland criminal and the "crime" is his gang being systematically murdered by an unknown assassin. Sidney Blattner is a successful crime lord, both feared and loathed. When his innocent brother is murdered execution style in Margate, Blattner uses his extensive influence to wreak revenge. Soon, members of his firm are dying and it becomes clear that his brother's death was a particular message. It's up to his right-hand man, Vince to ferret out the hidden nemesis. Suspects are abundant and not even the dead are discounted. As the pseudo-P.I., Vince is well portrayed, working out of laboured loyalty, not desire. Every aspect of the book has Frewin's penchant for textured detail: "There's another smell here too that Phil begins to notice: death. He can taste it on his tongue too. Of deaths past?". With a finely established style that complements the genre, Frewin has concocted a small, perfectly formed tale that will not disappoint and makes Margate seem decidedly eerie. --Danny Graydon
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 2001
ISBN 10: 1568581998
ISBN 13: 9781568581996
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