Heartman (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | M. P. Wright | knygos.lt

Aprašymas

Bristol, 1965. In the dead of winter, a young deaf and dumb woman goes missing without a trace. But the police just donOCOt care about a West Indian immigrant who is nowhere to be found. Enter Joseph Tremaine ?JTOCO Ellington: a Barbadian ex-cop not long off the boat, a man with a tragic past and a broken heart. When local mogul Earl Linney hires him to track down the missing girl, JT soon finds himself adrift in a murky world of prostitution and kidnapping where each clue reveals yet more mysteries. What is LinneyOCOs connection to the girl? Have more women gone missing? And what exactly is the Erotica Negro Club? Facing hostility and prejudice as well as the demons he left home to escape, JT must unravel a deadly conspiracy in a dangerous and unfamiliar world. Heartman is an atmospheric, confident debut: Devil in a Blue Dress meets Chinatown set in the rough world of Bristol nightlife, in the pubs, shebeens and nightclubs that are the haunts of prostitutes and criminals."