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“Edgy sex, murder, mayhem…Standiford knows what works.”-Los Angeles Times”A jaw-dropper.“-Booklist”Tough, funny, profame-andbeautifully turned out.“-James Ellroy

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    31 July 2012

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Summary

Its tough being a small-time hustler in Key West, FL. When this hustler is being beaten by a cop, John Deal steps in to stop it, but it is only a temporary rescue: the hustler turns up dead only two days later. The cops are claiming ignorance and the locals arent saying a word. Could the dead man be somehow connected to a seventy-year-old tale of piracy, murder, and greed? No one knows what really happened on that storm-swept night. But something about the legend and the recent murder are haunting John Deal to the bone.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781590583456
ISBN-10:1590583450
Author:Les Standiford
Publisher:Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:Poisoned Pen Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:31 July 2012
Weight:345g
Series:John Deal Novels
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Critics Review

“Edgy sex, murder, mayhem…Standiford knows what works.” “Each scene is like a gasp for breath.”

“Edgy sex, murder, mayhem…Standiford knows what works.”

“Each scene is like a gasp for breath.” –New York Times

“Standiford delivers a fast-moving thriller with characters that come alive.” –Tony Hillerman

“Like Raymond Chandler, Standiford is a poet in a trench coat.” –The Miami Herald

About The Author

Les Standiford

Les Standiford has written eleven books, including Spill (released as a feature film), Done Deal, Book Deal, Black Mountain, Deal With the Dead, Bone Key and the most recent in the eight-book John Deal Series, Havana Run, as well as a recent Book Sense 76 Pick in non-fiction, Last Train to Paradise. He has received the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and an NEA Fellowship in Fiction. He is Director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University in Miami, where he lives with his wife Kimberly, a psychotherapist, and their three children.

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