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Transference: Love + Hate in Rain City
Paperback
Series: The John Black Thrillers, Book 2
ISBN13: 9781082534294
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 20 2020
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Get ready for an intense ride through the dark and gritty streets of Manchester in this brutal and lyrical crime thriller. As the hedonistic club scene of the 90s rages on, a girl falls to her death from the stage, unnoticed by most. But for John Black, an ex-SAS soldier working security that night, her death will change everything. Now in witness protection after exposing the city's underworld, he returns to Manchester to help a grieving mother find answers to her son's suicide. But as he delves deeper into the case, strange recordings hint at a disturbing increase in sexual depravity in the block of flats the boy jumped from. With vengeance on his mind and his own identity at stake, John must confront the orchestrator of his pain and solve the case before it's too late. This is a story of redemption and revenge, where lyrical poetry mixes with blood on the rain-soaked alleyways of Manchester.
If you enjoyed James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia, you'll love this dark and atmospheric novel filled with deceit, depravity, and unexpected twists. -------------------------------------------------REVIEWS:
'Bowie's dark, hard-edged crime novel inaugurates a promising series.' - Publishers Weekly
'Dark, hard-edged crime noir.' - Publishers Weekly
'Noir fans will find a lot to like.' - BookLife
'Bowie's writing is lyrical, moody, funny and as gritty as hell...like a British blend of Jim Thompson and Nelson Algren.' - Paul D. Brazill, author of Guns of Brixton
'I would definitely recommend this crime novel and John Bowie as an author, and look forward to reading his next book.' - Amanda Brightman, on Untethered
'It's a loopy surreal fever dream of a novel, a dark, disorienting Möbius strip of people and places that are not always what they seem.' - 'The Thrilling Detective' on Untethered
'...its pages are packed full of deceit, human depravity and surprisingly dark humour.' - STORGY.com on Untethered
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