The Midnight Promise: A Detective's Story In Ten Cases
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- Synopsis
- One PI. Ten crimes. &“Stylistically reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino&’s Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill. An exciting and original debut&” (The Hoopla Literary Society). A literary detective story ingeniously told in ten cases. John Dorn is a classic gumshoe. His woman has left him, he lives in his office, and he drinks too much. His one friend, a lawyer named Demetri, hands Dorn an infinite supply of hopeless cases and lost causes, to which Dorn, ever the champion of the underdog and the oppressed, is drawn to &“as a sledgehammer is to a kneecap.&” A superlative work of hardboiled literary detective fiction, The Midnight Promise wonderfully evokes the underbelly of contemporary Melbourne, its battlers, its hard men, its victims, and its ill-fated heroes. &“[A] powerful hard-boiled debut . . . The cases get progressively more disturbing, both in terms of their subject matter, which include gruesome torture, and their impact on Dorn, a classic world-weary narrator.&” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) &“Lovitt has a neat way with a yarn. . . . And just when you think he is going to stay close to a kind of downbeat realism, there is a slide into something a little thrillerish and action-packed.&” —The Sydney Morning Herald &“[An] artful, Down Under nod to the hard-boiled private eyes of Chandler and Hammett.&” —The Christian Science Monitor, &“10 Excellent International Thrillers&” &“Lovitt is sure-handed in sketching characters, and he laces Dorn&’s cases with sardonic humor and prodigious bits of human frailty. . . . Fans of international crime fiction will enjoy Dorn and his milieu.&” —Booklist
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 320 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781609451783
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781609451332
- Publisher:
- Europa Editions
- Date of Addition:
- 10/14/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Zane Lovitt
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.