Recensori in anteprimaKaren Brown
Pagina LibraryThing dell'autore
July 2020 Pacchetto
Omaggio terminato: 27 luglio alle ore 06:00 pm EDT
Serie: Akashic Noir
Tampa Bay joins Miami in representing the (alleged) Sunshine State in the Noir Series arena. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book. Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Lori Roy, Ace Atkins, Karen Brown, Tim Dorsey, Lisa Unger, Sterling Watson, Luis Castillo, Sarah Gerard, Danny López, Ladee Hubbard, Gale Massey, Yuly Restrepo Garcés, Eliot Schrefer, and Colette Bancroft. From the introduction by Colette Bancroft: Ask most people what the Tampa Bay area is famous for, and they might mention sparkling beaches and sleek urban centers and contented retirees strolling the golf courses year-round. But it’s always had a dark side. Just look at its signature event: a giant pirate parade. Not only does Gasparilla honor the buccaneer traditions of theft, debauchery, and violence; its namesake pirate captain, José Gaspar, is a fake who probably never existed. And if there’s any variety of crime baked into Florida’s history, it’s fraud. From the indigenous residents who supposedly conned Spanish explorers seeking the Fountain of Youth through the rolling cycles of real estate scams that have shaped the Sunshine State for the last century or so, the place is a grifter’s native habitat.
- Formato
- Cartaceo
- Generi
- Mystery, Fiction and Literature
- Offerto da
- Akashic Books (Editore)
- Collegamenti
- Informazioni sul libro
Pagina LibraryThing dell'opera
15
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319
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October 2016 Pacchetto
Omaggio terminato: 31 agosto alle ore 06:00 pm EDT
Karen Brown’s most hypnotic novel to date--gothic-inflected psychological suspense that unmasks the secret desires of a young woman with a mystical gift. On the family homestead by the sea where she grew up, Martha Mary saw ghosts. As a young woman, she hopes to distance herself from those spirits by escaping to an inland college town. There, she is absorbed by a budding romance, relieved by separation from an unstable sister, and disinterested in the flyers seeking information about a young woman who’s disappeared—until one Indian summer afternoon when the missing woman appears beneath Martha’s apartment window, wearing a down coat, her hair coated with ice.
- Formato
- Cartaceo
- Generi
- Fantasy, General Fiction, Horror, Suspense & Thriller, Fiction and Literature
- Offerto da
- Henry Holt and Company (Editore)
- Collegamenti
- Informazioni sul libro
Pagina LibraryThing dell'opera
20
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853
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