The First Stone
Dystopian crime noir with a killer twist
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2010
Summary
Private eye Felix Strange doesn’t work homicide cases. He saw enough dead bodies fighting in Iran, a war that left him with a crippling disease that has no name and no cure. So when Strange is summoned to a Manhattan hotel room to investigate the dead body of America’s most-loved preacher, he’d rather not get involved.
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 poli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848540729 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848540728 |
| Author: | Elliott Hall |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Strange Trilogy |
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Critics Review
In many ways the most intriguing of new John Murray crop … Strange is a very sympathetic hero, who does what private eyes do best by stirring the hornets nest (and these are some pretty whacky hornets) and a fabulous sense of pace is engendered from page one. This is a very impressive first thriller indeed. More are promised; or if they re not, should be - Shots
The prose style is smooth and entertaining … Hall s world-building remains excellent throughout, creating a truly unsettling future America - SFX Magazine The First Stone is a knockout debut with the confidence to establish its world gradually … Strange s sardonic wit makes him the perfect guide to his troublingly familiar landscape - Guardian A sharp and original debut novel - Tangled Web It s a really good, traditional private eye story in its own right, coupled with a subtle and believable picture of a fundamentalist state - Morning Star A menacing portrait of an all too plausible future … a very readable, fast-paced thriller - The Big Issue This debut crime novel is best read under a sweltering sun … against a deftly drawn backdrop, it is ingenious and witty - Daily Telegraph‘An outstanding first novel by a new Canadian author we should hear more of’ - IndependentAbout The Author
Elliott Hall
Elliott Hall was born and raised in Canada. He now lives in London.
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