King of Swords
Published on 28. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-14-102107-2 (ISBN)
Description
Miami, 1981. When Detective Max Mingus and his partner Joe are called to the scene of a death at Miami's Primate Park, it looks like another routine - if slightly bizarre - investigation. Until two things turn up: the victim's family, slaughtered; and a partly digested tarot card in the dead man's stomach. The King of Swords.
An increasingly bloody trail leads Max and Joe first to a sinister fortune-teller and her scheming pimp son, then to the infamous Solomon Boukman. Few have ever met the most feared criminal in Miami, but rumours abound of a forked tongue, voodoo ceremonies and friends in very high places.
Against a backdrop of black magic and police corruption, Max and Joe must distinguish the good guys from the bad - and track down some answers. What is the significance of the King of Swords? What makes those who have swallowed the card go on a killing spree just before they die? And can Max find out the truth about Solomon Boukman, before death's shadow reaches his own front door...?
An increasingly bloody trail leads Max and Joe first to a sinister fortune-teller and her scheming pimp son, then to the infamous Solomon Boukman. Few have ever met the most feared criminal in Miami, but rumours abound of a forked tongue, voodoo ceremonies and friends in very high places.
Against a backdrop of black magic and police corruption, Max and Joe must distinguish the good guys from the bad - and track down some answers. What is the significance of the King of Swords? What makes those who have swallowed the card go on a killing spree just before they die? And can Max find out the truth about Solomon Boukman, before death's shadow reaches his own front door...?
Reviews / Votes
Rivals some of the greats of the thriller genre * Daily Express * 'The search for the next 'big thing' in the literary world is a dangerous business, but we think we may have just found him in Nick Stone' Observer Rivals some of the greats of the thriller genre * Daily Express * 'The search for the next 'big thing' in the literary world is a dangerous business, but we think we may have just found him in Nick Stone' ObserverMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 181 mm
Width: 112 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-102107-2 (9780141021072)
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Nick Stone was born in 1966 to a Scottish father and Haitian mother. King of Swords is his second novel, following the bestselling Mr Clarinet. He lives with his wife in South London.