Cuban heat meets immigrant politics in this thriller with a social conscience.
Cuban cop Hernandez has a score to settle, on behalf of a deadbeat dad, a 'traitor' who skipped free from Castro's control to set up a new life working illegally in Colorado. He settled in a ski resort popular with the Hollywood set, where the facade is maintained by the immigrant cleaners and labourers who work for below minimum wage while the local sheriff is bribed to turn a blind eye. Hernandez Sr's dreams of fortune and freedom came to a swift end when he was killed in a hit-and-run accident.
Sworn to avenge his death, Hernandez has some obstacles to overcome - not least getting out of Cuba, where visas are as elusive as constant electricity.
Seguing back and forth between heat-soaked Havana and the icy luxury of the mountainside resort, Fifty Grand is an audacious thriller from an acknowledged talent - and an incendiary debut for a new hero.
Adrian McKinty
The Cold, Cold Ground
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Dead Yard
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In this exciting sequel to the mercenary Michael Forsythe is on holiday in Spain when he ends up in a Spanish prison after a soccer riot. To avoid getting extradited to Mexico to do time for a prison break, Michael agree... Buy or find out more →
Dead I Well May Be
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In this graphically violent novel, Michael Forsythe, a young illegal immigrant from Northern Ireland, joins a gang of thugs in New York. But when Darkey, the gang boss, is betrayed, he is murderously intent on planning a... Buy or find out more →
Fifty Grand
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Serpents Tail
Cuban heat meets immigrant politics in this thriller with a social conscience.
Cuban cop Hernandez has a score to settle, on behalf of a deadbeat dad, a 'traitor' who skipped free from Castro's control to set up a new li... Buy or find out more →
Bloomsday Dead
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Serpents Tail
Michael Forsythe gets a phone call from his former lover, Bridget, saying her young daughter has been kidnapped. His choice is to fly to Dublin and help her or to be executed at the hands of the goons holding him at gunp... Buy or find out more →
Bloomsday Dead
$22.99 – Paperback book / Serpents Tail
Michael Forsythe gets a phone call from his former lover, Bridget, saying her young daughter has been kidnapped. His choice is to fly to Dublin and help her or to be executed at the hands of the goons holding him at gunp... Buy or find out more →