Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
Penguin Picks are stories you'll want to read again and again. Beautifully and stylishly designed by a modern artist, they are not only stories you'll keep coming back to but also books whose looks will never go out of fashion . . . 'Ten million dollars if he performed a miracle and brought the boy back alive, five million dollars if he came back with just the body, and another five million if he dragged the killers in with it. Those were the terms, and, if he chose to accept them, that was the deal' Ex-cop, ex-PI and now ex-con Max Mingus doesn't want to take the case. It means going to Haiti, a lawless island of voodoo and black magic and home to a monster they call Mr Clarinet. In searching for the missing boy - alive or dead - Max could lose his life or suffer a fate far worse. But a man who has nothing will risk a lot for ten million dollars . . . 'Triumphant' Observer 'Terrifying, exhilarating, breathlessly compelling' Daily Express --------- Popular Penguins perfectly designed Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, the International Thriller Writers Award and the Mcavity Award for Best First Novel
Terrifying, exhilarating, breathlessly compelling * Daily Express *
Ambitious and original. . an atmospheric, scary read * Observer *
Ambitious and original. . an atmospheric, scary read * Observer *
Nick Stone was born in Cambridge in 1966, the son of a Scottish father and a Haitian mother. His first novel, Mr Clarinet, won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award and Macavity Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for The Barry Award for Best British Novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405933681 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405933682 |
| Title | Mr Clarinet |
| Author | Nick Stone |
| Series | Penguin Picks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Prizes | Winner of International Thriller Writers Award for Best Debut of the Year., Winner of Macavity Award for Best First Novel., Winner of Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger award., Winner of International Thriller Writers Award for Best Debut of the Year., Winner of Macavity Award for Best First Novel. |
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