Joe Thomas
Paradise City
Paradise City
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Mario Leme is a low-ranking detective in the Sao Paulo civil police who becomes immersed in the dark underbelly of Brazilian society when he investigates the deaths of his wife and girlfriend, which may have been deliberately killed.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 18 August 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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
Weight: 198g
Dimension: 126 x 197 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529426618
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