Plugged (Center Point Platinum Mystery (Large Print)) - Hardcover

Colfer, Eoin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611732271 ISBN 13: 9781611732276

Publisher: Center Point, 2011

Synopsis

Daniel McEvoy is a scarred ex-Irish Army sergeant who is now the bouncer at Slotz, a seedy small-time casino and he has a problem. His favorite hostess and love interest, Connie, was murdered in the parking lot behind the club. And Zeb, the dubious plastic surgeon who implanted McEvoy's hair plugs, has disappeared. In no time at all McEvoy's got half the New Jersey mob, dirty cops and his man-crazy upstairs neighbor after him. Bullets are flying, everyone's on the take, and McEvoy still doesn't have a clue about what's happening.

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Review

'Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer heads off into zanily comic adult noir territory with Plugged . . . McEvoy finds himself sucked into a maelstrom of outlandish criminal shenanigans, a knockabout farce with Elmore Leonard-style wisecracking at every turn' ( Metro )

'I loved the voice. I loved the dark streets. I love the story' (Harlan Coben)

'Eoin Colfer . . . is hugely inventive and intelligent and an instinctive storyteller, who happens to write beautifully and elegantly as well' (Michael Morpurgo)

'Violent, surreal and eccentric, this offering couldn't be further from his Artemis Fowl series' ( Sun )

'A non-stop, fever-pitched crime thriller . . . Genius at work' (Ridley Pearson)

'Colfer is an engaging and inventive writer with a strong sense of the rhythm of a story . . . always entertaining page by page' ( Guardian )

'This is Sopranos territory - where terrible deeds are mixed with the painful banalities of life in a way that brings laughter among the tears and gnaws at your heart. It's a fine debut' ( Daily Mail )

'DON'T PICK UP THIS BOOK if you want to get anything else done for the next day or two. It's too sharp, too funny, and it won't let you go' (Don Winslow)

'Colfer . . . has transplanted his style seamlessly into the adult genre' ( The Times )

'This might lead you to think you're in Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen or even Damon Runyon country, but you're not. Although there are echoes of all three writers in Plugged, Colfer's novel is dominated, driven and fully animated by a refreshingly original voice' ( Washington Post )

Book Description

From the bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl children's titles comes a brilliant darkly comic adult crime debut

Edition details

• Publisher: Center Point
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611732271
• ISBN 13: 9781611732276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 333