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Publisher | John Murray | ||
ISBN | 978-184854071 | ||
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Synopsis
Private eye Felix Strange doesn't work homicide cases. He saw enough dead bodies fighting in Iran, a war that left him with a crippling disease that has no name and no cure. So when Strange is summoned to a Manhattan hotel room to investigate the dead body of America's most-loved preacher, he'd rather not get involved. Strange has a week to find the killer, and even less time to get the black-market medicine he needs to stay alive. In an America where biblical prophecy is foreign policy, Strange knows that his hiring is no accident. He can't see all the angles, and he knows he's being watched. In a race against time Strange must face religious police, organized crime and a dame with very particular ideas, while uncovering a conspiracy that reaches the very heart of his newly fundamentalist nation. One of the most stunningly original debut crime novels ever written, The First Stone is both an epic of the imagination and an action-packed mystery set in a time and place too chillingly close to our own. It is the first in an ambitious trilogy that pays homage to the genius of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy, while offering a wholly original take on the noir genre.
Elliott Hall by Victoria Warren
Review
Elliott Hall's first novel is a brilliant homage to the likes of Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy and Dashiell Hammett - you can hear Robert Stack doing the narration here. I loved this noir book that is so classic in it's style and story telling. Hall is an excellent writer with a wonderful way with words with characters that are well rounded and full of action.
If you've never read what can only be described as pulp fiction of the old order - start here because you wont be disappointed. There is a great understated sense of humour that runs through the whole book that will have you laughing out loud here and there.
A book I highly recommend both for the story and for its ease of readabilitiy.
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