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Strangers' Gate
Pilot and adventurer, Jason Walker follows his bliss--into the sensuous arms of sultry Charlotte Lansing. Unfortunately, Charlotte's husband, Alan, is a Wall Street raider, a drug-lord money-launderer and a particularly perverse pornographer. Marked for murder, Jason and Charlotte are in the race of their lives. After them are Alan and his psychopathic team of drug-lord hitmen. His hot pursuit will hurtle them through the tropical bars, torrid beaches and palatial villas of the Caribbean, as they flee by land, sea and air.
But no one can run forever . . .
A novel of brutal violence, blood-vengeance and stunning sensuality, Strangers' Gate pays homage to such noir classics as James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers and Elmore Leonard's Glitz. At once lyrically poetic, electrifyingly erotic and relentlessly riveting, Strangers' Gate nonetheless pulsates with a voice all its own.
But no one can run forever . . .
A novel of brutal violence, blood-vengeance and stunning sensuality, Strangers' Gate pays homage to such noir classics as James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers and Elmore Leonard's Glitz. At once lyrically poetic, electrifyingly erotic and relentlessly riveting, Strangers' Gate nonetheless pulsates with a voice all its own.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published June 13, 2006
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January 21, 2014
Let's start off by saying this isn't really a noir thriller as it's advertised. It's noir in a way but there ain't nothing thrilling here.
I really liked the book. There were some truly ingenious incites and some titliating sequences that rise far above most of what I normally read. However, it felt, essentially, like two different books smashed together. At one moment the hero is an experienced and intelligent connosieur of liee seeking meaning in the everyday with the honesty and opneness of a dedicated scholar of the field. the next he's pulling the trigger on a couple of gunmen without any remorse. We're led to believe that this is because of his military background or some inner hardened self but it just don't jibe.
Also, all of the female characters are super-gonzo-godesses that are architypical in some way (as are most of the men). I felt like every character in the book save for the bad guy was vying for Most Interesting Person in the World.
Still, it makes for a very interesting read.
I really liked the book. There were some truly ingenious incites and some titliating sequences that rise far above most of what I normally read. However, it felt, essentially, like two different books smashed together. At one moment the hero is an experienced and intelligent connosieur of liee seeking meaning in the everyday with the honesty and opneness of a dedicated scholar of the field. the next he's pulling the trigger on a couple of gunmen without any remorse. We're led to believe that this is because of his military background or some inner hardened self but it just don't jibe.
Also, all of the female characters are super-gonzo-godesses that are architypical in some way (as are most of the men). I felt like every character in the book save for the bad guy was vying for Most Interesting Person in the World.
Still, it makes for a very interesting read.
January 22, 2017
Great short book! Loved it from page 1 to page 254.
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