Paradise City, 9781529426618
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Grief, murder, and corruption collide in Brazil’s dark underbelly.

Paradise City

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    13 February 2023

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Summary

Paradise City: A Detective’s Dark Pilgrimage

Mario Leme, a low-ranking detective in Sao Paulo, begins each day with a somber drive through Paraisopolis - Paradise City. This favela is where his wife Renata was tragically killed a year ago, a victim of a stray bullet during a drug conflict.

One morning, near the site of Renata’s death, Leme witnesses an SUV crash. The driver, Leo, dies, but Leme suspects foul play, noticing bullet wounds before the body is removed.

Le…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529426618
ISBN-10:1529426618
Series:São Paulo Quartet
Author:Joe Thomas
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Arcadia Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:13 February 2023
Weight:200g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

Joe Thomas, who lived in S

Joe Thomas, who lived in São Paulo for a decade, uses his first-hand knowledge to convincingly bring the city to life – Nick Caistor * Latinolife *Great crime fiction hinges on a sense of place, and after returning to London after ten years living in the world in which he’s set his sophisticated debut, Thomas proves an adroit guide to a city that has developed at dizzying speed * GQ *

About The Author

Joe Thomas

JOE THOMAS was born in Hackney in 1977. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Sao Paulo quartet - Paradise City, Gringa, Playboy, and Brazilian Psycho - and Bent, which was a Guardian Best Book of 2020 and an Irish Times pick of the best crime fiction of 2020. His new novel, White Riot, the start of a trilogy set in Hackney in the 1970s and 1980s, is to be published by Arcadia in January 2023, and will be followed by Red Menace and True Blue. Joe lives in London with his partner and son, and teaches at City, University of London.

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