A Past Without Pictures
A Maria Cole Thriller
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Publishing:8th Oct '26
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 8th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Maria once experienced things no child should have to. Now an LAPD homicide detective, she's learned to survive on her own wits - and never to trust anyone. Then, on leave after a tragic shooting, she receives a call. Her estranged ex-con father has been killed, and she must travel to coastal Alabama to settle his affairs. But when she gets to the lush southern beach town he has made home, the local police evade her questions. She knows something doesn't add up, and that she must get to the truth alone. To do so means following the dark trajectory of her own painful, long-buried past - even if it leads her to places that may be the death of her.
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) *
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'
ISBN: 9781805336648
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
176 pages