Dead of Night (Crystal Nguyen Thriller Ser. #1)

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Synopsis
When freelance journalist, Crystal Nguyen, heads to South Africa, she thinks she’ll be researching an article on rhino-horn smuggling for National Geographic, while searching for her missing colleague. But within a week, she’s been hunting poachers, hunted by their bosses, and then arrested in connection with a murder. And everyone is after a briefcase full of money that may hold the key to everything…Fleeing South Africa, she goes undercover in Vietnam, trying to discover the truth before she’s exposed by the local mafia. Discovering the plot behind the money is only half the battle. Now she must convince the South African authorities to take action before it’s too late. She has a shocking story to tell, if she survives long enough to tell it…Fast-paced, relevant and chilling, Dead of Night is a stunning new thriller that exposes one of the most vicious conflicts on the African continent…‘My favourite writing duo since Ellery Queen’ Ragnar Jónasson‘Compelling and deceptively written’ New York Journal of Books‘As dark as the darkest of Nordic Noir’ Yrsa Sigurdardóttir‘A wonderfuln original voice’ Peter James‘Impossible to put down’ Library Journalbr>The Michael Stanley duo write vividly and poetically’ Off-the-Shelf Books’Packed with convincing characters and settings’ Mumbling about…‘The perfect combination of “I don’t want it to end” and “I can’t put it down”. Great African crime fiction’ Deon Meyers‘Another intriguing and involving slice of “Sunshine Noir” Claire Thinking‘Filled with tension, twists and turns’ Harry’s Book Club‘Gripping, mysterious and full of excellent characters’ Bibliophile Book Club‘I was intrigued from the first page’ Jen Med’s Book Review
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
576 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781912374267
Related ISBNs:
9781912374250
Publisher:
Orenda Books Ltd
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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