Back from the Dead
1st Edition
Published on 7. September 2017
400 pages
978-1-4711-6204-6 (ISBN)
Description
When a decadent, ageing rock star, MacMahon, starts receiving threatening letters from 'Leah', whose death he witnessed fifteen years ago, he hires Youselli, a moonlighting tough city cop, to uncover the sender's identity. The letters contain information only the original Leah could have known.
As Youselli starts to investigate the case, he enters a world of drugs, parties, a shady characters and starts to wonder, is Leah really dead after all. . . ?
'Youselli quickly realizes that finding the answer is not just a race to save MacMahon's life but also to save his own soul' New York Times
Praise for Chris Petit:
'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times
'Ferocious invention marks this novel out as special' The Edge
'Puts Petit in the first rank' Metro
As Youselli starts to investigate the case, he enters a world of drugs, parties, a shady characters and starts to wonder, is Leah really dead after all. . . ?
'Youselli quickly realizes that finding the answer is not just a race to save MacMahon's life but also to save his own soul' New York Times
Praise for Chris Petit:
'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times
'Ferocious invention marks this novel out as special' The Edge
'Puts Petit in the first rank' Metro
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Person
Chris Petit has written a trio of acclaimed "beyond black" political thrillers covering a serial killer operating in sectarian Northern Ireland (The Psalm Killer); dirty money in World War II (The Human Pool); and terror, arms trading and the bombing of a civilian aircraft (The Passenger); as well as The Butchers of Berlin which also features the characters Schlegel and Morgen. Come in and Shut the Door is his latest novel. He is an internationally renowned filmmaker.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- PART I
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- CHAPTER TEN
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- CHAPTER NINETEEN
- CHAPTER TWENTY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
- PART II
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- CHAPTER TEN
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- PART III
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- EPILOGUE
- 'Pale Horse Riding' Excerpt
- Chapter I
- About Chris Petit
- Copyright
