The Bird Boys
Seiten
2019
Cinco Puntos Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-947627-13-0 (ISBN)
Cinco Puntos Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-947627-13-0 (ISBN)
Sometimes the truth is not the truth, but murder is always murder. Which of the brothers carries the bloody knife?
NOMINEE-EDGAR AWARDS "BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK"
Best Crime Novels of the Year, New York Times
Reading the West Award Nominee
Starred review from Publishers Weekly
Starred review from Kirkus Reviews
Starred review from Booklist
Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019, CrimeReads
The new novel from award-winning author Lisa Sandlin catches up with the almost-murdered secretary Delpha Wade (The Do-Right, 2015, set in 1973) as she's released from a hospital in order to be tucked into the back seat of a police cruiser. Her boss, P. I. Tom Phelan, sets out to spring her. He needs her back in his investigation business, where he'll soon be chasing a skulking grand larcenist and plotting how to keep a ganjapreneur out of the grabby hands of a brand new agency, the D.E.A. Delpha digs through old records and knocks on strange doors to unravel the dangerous case of two brothers with beaucoup aliases-verifying that sometimes truth is not true, but murder is always murder.
NOMINEE-EDGAR AWARDS "BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK"
Best Crime Novels of the Year, New York Times
Reading the West Award Nominee
Starred review from Publishers Weekly
Starred review from Kirkus Reviews
Starred review from Booklist
Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019, CrimeReads
The new novel from award-winning author Lisa Sandlin catches up with the almost-murdered secretary Delpha Wade (The Do-Right, 2015, set in 1973) as she's released from a hospital in order to be tucked into the back seat of a police cruiser. Her boss, P. I. Tom Phelan, sets out to spring her. He needs her back in his investigation business, where he'll soon be chasing a skulking grand larcenist and plotting how to keep a ganjapreneur out of the grabby hands of a brand new agency, the D.E.A. Delpha digs through old records and knocks on strange doors to unravel the dangerous case of two brothers with beaucoup aliases-verifying that sometimes truth is not true, but murder is always murder.
Lisa Sandlin was born in Beaumont, Texas, and grew up in oil-refinery air, sixty miles from the Gulf of Mexico. She raised a son in Santa Fe, New Mexico, then taught writing at the University of Nebraska for twenty years. She has since returned to Santa Fe. The Do-Right-her first novel-won the 2015 Hammett Award from the IACW/NA and the Best First Private Eye Prize from the Seamus Awards.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | A Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan Mystery |
| Zusatzinfo | No |
| Verlagsort | Louisville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-947627-13-9 / 1947627139 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-947627-13-0 / 9781947627130 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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