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Paradise City
Paradise City
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Description: Brilliant The Times Mario Leme is a low - ranking detective in the Sao Paulo civil police. Every day on the way to work he sets off early and drives through the favela known as Paraisopolis - Paradise City. It's a pilgrimage: his wife Renata was gunned down at an intersection here a year ago the victim of a stray bullet in a conflict between drug dealers. One morning parked near the place where Renata died he sees an SUV careen out of control and flip over. The driver Leo is killed but before his body is removed Leme is sure he sees bullet wounds. Leo's death wasn't an accident he was murdered. Soon his girlfriend turns up dead too. And if they were killed deliberately perhaps Renata was too Leme finds himself immersed further and further in the dark underbelly of Brazilian society as corruption seeps from the highest to the lowest echelons and the devastating truth about Renata begins to emerge. Praise FOR JOE Thomas Brilliant The Times Feverish energy Guardian Wonderfully vivid Mail on Sunday Sophisticated dizzying GQ Vivid and visceral The Times Superbly realised vivid and atmospheric Guardian Original Mail on Sunday A stylish atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter Irish Times Sparse energetic fragmented prose The Spectator Vibrant colourful and complex Irish Independent Stylish sharp - witted taut. A must for modern noir fans NB Magazine Definitive confident and energetic Crime Time Brilliant manic energy Jake Arnott Wildly stylish and hugely entertaining Lucy Caldwell Vivid stylish funny Mick Herron Gripping fast - paced darkly atmospheric Susanna Jones Snappy thoughtful moving John King Exciting fresh incredibly assured Stav Sherez Happy days! Mark Timlin Utterly brilliant Cathi Unsworth Had James Ellroy and David Peace collaborated on a novel they'd have written something like this Paul Willets
Title: Paradise City
Author(s): Thomas Joe
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781529426618
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 8/29/2023
Series: Sao Paulo Quartet
Category: Crime & Mystery
Description: Brilliant The Times Mario Leme is a low - ranking detective in the Sao Paulo civil police. Every day on the way to work he sets off early and drives through the favela known as Paraisopolis - Paradise City. It's a pilgrimage: his wife Renata was gunned down at an intersection here a year ago the victim of a stray bullet in a conflict between drug dealers. One morning parked near the place where Renata died he sees an SUV careen out of control and flip over. The driver Leo is killed but before his body is removed Leme is sure he sees bullet wounds. Leo's death wasn't an accident he was murdered. Soon his girlfriend turns up dead too. And if they were killed deliberately perhaps Renata was too Leme finds himself immersed further and further in the dark underbelly of Brazilian society as corruption seeps from the highest to the lowest echelons and the devastating truth about Renata begins to emerge. Praise FOR JOE Thomas Brilliant The Times Feverish energy Guardian Wonderfully vivid Mail on Sunday Sophisticated dizzying GQ Vivid and visceral The Times Superbly realised vivid and atmospheric Guardian Original Mail on Sunday A stylish atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter Irish Times Sparse energetic fragmented prose The Spectator Vibrant colourful and complex Irish Independent Stylish sharp - witted taut. A must for modern noir fans NB Magazine Definitive confident and energetic Crime Time Brilliant manic energy Jake Arnott Wildly stylish and hugely entertaining Lucy Caldwell Vivid stylish funny Mick Herron Gripping fast - paced darkly atmospheric Susanna Jones Snappy thoughtful moving John King Exciting fresh incredibly assured Stav Sherez Happy days! Mark Timlin Utterly brilliant Cathi Unsworth Had James Ellroy and David Peace collaborated on a novel they'd have written something like this Paul Willets
Title: Paradise City
Author(s): Thomas Joe
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781529426618
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 8/29/2023
Series: Sao Paulo Quartet
Category: Crime & Mystery