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Strange has a week to find the killer, and even less time to get the black-market medicine he needs to stay alive. In an America where biblical prophecy is foreign policy, Strange knows that his hiring is no accident.  He can't see all the angles, and he knows he's being watched.  In a race against time Strange must face religious police, organized crime and a dame with very particular ideas, while uncovering a conspiracy that reaches the very heart of his newly fundamentalist nation. One of the most stunningly original debut crime novels ever written, The First Stone is both an epic of the imagination and an action-packed mystery set in a time and place too chillingly close to our own. 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Isaac Taylor isn't just missing; according to government records, he never existed. All over America, people are vanishing - literally without a trace.  If Strange doesn't find out why, it won't be long before he himself becomes one of the disappeared...  The Rapture is the second instalment of Elliott Hall's cult hit Strange Trilogy, revealing an America losing its identity as it descends into a new totalitarian state.  Praise for Elliott Hall  'Strange's sardonic wit makes him the perfect guide to his troublingly familiar landscape' - Guardian  'Ingenious and witty' - Daily Telegraph  'Outstanding' - Independent  'Wonderful' - The Times  'An ingenious twist . . . 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When a high-ranking preacher is found dead, Strange is tasked with bringing his murderer to justice. But what begins as a routine investigation will soon reveal the terrifying ways in which America is lurching towards totalitarianism itself.  The First Stone is the first novel in Elliott Hall's cult hit Strange Trilogy: the eerily prescient series which foresaw the advent of new puritanism, and the rise of the American right.   ************  Praise for The First Stone  'The First Stone is a knockout . . . Strange's sardonic wit makes him the perfect guide to his troublingly familiar landscape' - Guardian  'Ingenious and witty' - Daily Telegraph  'Outstanding' - Independent  'Wonderful' - The Times  'An ingenious twist . . . 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