Meet the man with the voodoo eyes: Solomon Boukman. He'd used voodoo, black magic, and extreme violence to control his people, and to keep anyone who ever heard his name in a state of fear. Meet his nemesis: For private eye Max Mingus, Boukman has been the cause of unthinkable personal tragedy and professional torment. And when he uncovers a labyrinthine web of death and deceit, Boukman is never far from his mind.
Nick Stone Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
31. október 1966
Nick Stone je majstrom napätia, ktorého dielo sa ponára do temných zákutí ľudskej psychiky. Jeho romány sú známe svojim svižným tempom a komplexnými postavami, ktoré čitateľa vtiahnu do sveta intríg a nebezpečenstva. S hlbokým pochopením pre motivácie svojich postáv Stone vytvára napínavé príbehy, ktoré zanechávajú trvalý dojem. Jeho spisovateľský štýl je jedinečný a zaručuje nezabudnuteľný čitateľský zážitok.
This book is set in Miami, 1981. When Detective Max Mingus and his partner Joe are called to the scene of a death at Miami's Primate Park, it looks like another routine - if slightly bizarre - investigation. Until two things turn up: the victim's family, slaughtered; and a partly digested tarot card in the dead man's stomach; 'The King of Swords'. An increasingly bloody trail leads Max and Joe first to a sinister fortune-teller and her scheming pimp son, then to the infamous Solomon Boukman. Few have ever met the most feared criminal in Miami, but rumours abound of a forked tongue, voodoo ceremonies and friends in very high places. Against a backdrop of black magic and police corruption, Max and Joe must distinguish the good guys from the bad - and track down some answers. What is the significance of the King of Swords? What makes those who have swallowed the card go on a killing spree just before they die? And can Max find out the truth about Solomon Boukman, before death's shadow reaches his own front door?
Who is Mr Clarinet? In a country dominated by voodoo, rumours abound of black magic and a mythical figure called 'Mr. Clarinet', who for years has been tempting children away from their families. But could the truth be even more shocking than the legend?