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CAN SHE LEARN TO LIVE AS A KILLER? IT’S THAT OR DIE AS ONE.

A new thriller from the author of You Were Never Really Here

LAPD homicide detective Maria Cole trusts no one. She survives on her own wits. She sleeps with a knife. She tries to forget her past. Then she receives a call.

Her estranged ex-con father has been murdered at his home in coastal Alabama, and everything she’s buried comes surging back. When she arrives in the sleepy beach town to set tle his affairs, nothing the local police tell her adds up. Somebody wants to make sure she doesn’t get to the truth.

But Maria always gets to the truth.

Even if it is the death of her.

Publisher Review

Like a fresh espresso: short but intense, it makes you sit bolt upright and leaves your heart pounding -- Mark Sanderson * The Times * An elegantly crafted southern noir of corruption, racism, violence and redemption * Irish Times * Very well-written and with a successful surprise resolution * The Critic Magazine * An action-packed noir thriller... and a final twist that no one will see coming * Irish Independent * Written in brilliant clear prose with stunning details and insight [. . .] There is a sensitivity and poignancy underlying the off-book investigation by an LAPD detective whose ex-con father was murdered in the deep south. With each book Mr. Ames pushes himself farther and the result is a rich body of work. -- Chris Offutt, author of the Mick Hardin series A spare but potent novella . . . Ames's disaffected style infuses the proceedings with a deep sadness that elevates it from bog-standard crime fiction to something headier and more emotionally wounding. * Publisher's Weekly (starred review) * A quicksilver family reckoning whose epiphanies arrive in the form of felonies * Kirkus * PRAISE FOR JONATHAN AMES * - * Fits neatly into the landscape of Chandler, Macdonald, Connelly and Crais * Los Angeles Daily News * Thoroughly enjoyable... First-class pulp fiction -- Robbie Millen * The Times * I loved this book - it's quirky, edgy, charming, funny and serious, all in one. Very highly recommended -- Lee Child, on 'A Man Named Doll' A stiff shot of timeless Hollywood noir, spiked with black humour and leaving a warm glow as it goes down -- Chris Brookmyre, author of 'Quite Ugly One Morning'