Carnival of Shadows
$47.89
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2015
Summary
Kansas, 1959. When a travelling carnival appears overnight, the townsfolk of Seneca Falls are entranced. But the circus brings more than just magic and illusion to the small town: a dead man is discovered beneath the carousel.
For FBI Special Agent Michael Travis, the world is clear cut. But there are a lot of grey areas in this case. The carnival folk are unwilling to answer a straight question and they begin to challenge Travis’s once unshakeable faith in solid facts and hard eviden…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409121343 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1409121348 |
| Author: | R.J. Ellory |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 36mm |
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At a time when crime fiction has become so formulaic, it’s a relief to find a book as left-field as this latest offering from RJ Ellory … An intriguing, delightfully unpredictable novel - MAIL ON SUNDAY on Carnival of Shadows
[Ellory] raises interesting questions about society and our fear to question - DAILY EXPRESS on Carnival of ShadowsAn atmospheric thriller with a gallery of fascinating characters - IRISH INDEPENDENT on Carnival of ShadowsA gripping premise … an energetic and winning exercise in pulp fiction with a Southern Gothic flavour - METRO on The Devil and the RiverVoodoo and murders and gothically imposing southern dynasties … There are moments of genuine chills [and] fearsomely speedy page-turning - OBSERVER on The Devil and the RiverClassic noir, a journey to the dark corners of man’s foolishness, where nothing is ever what it seems and no one can ever be trusted. Ellory is beginning to sound like the master [James Ellroy]. I can think of no higher praise - DAILY MAIL on A Dark and Broken HeartThis is thriller writing of the very highest order - GUARDIAN on A Quiet Belief in AngelsAbout The Author
R.J. Ellory
R.J. Ellory is the author of twenty novels published by Orion UK, and his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He has won sixteen international literary awards including the Quebec Booksellers’ Prize, the Livre De Poche Award, the Strand Magazine Novel of The Year, the Mystery Booksellers of America Award, the Inaugural Nouvel Observateur Prize, the Quebec Laureat, the Prix Du Roman Noir, the Plume d’Or for Thriller Internationale 2016, the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year, both the St. Maur and Villeneuve Readers’ Prizes, the Balai d’Or 2016, and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs on two occasions. He has been shortlisted for two Barrys, the 813 Trophy, the European Du Point, and five Crime Writers’ Association UK awards.
Among other projects, he is the guitarist and vocalist of The Whiskey Poets, and has recently completed the band’s third album. His musical compositions have been featured in films and television programmes in more than forty countries. He has four television series and two films in pre-production, and has recently started work on the French film adaptation of A Quiet Belief in Angels.
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