Lood
- 208bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
Een hellerit door de bevroren winsterstraten van Buffalo, waar één verkeerde beweging tot een buik vol lood kan leiden.
Joe Kurtz Reeks
Volg de reis van een voormalige privédetective en ex-gedetineerde die zich een weg baant door het grimmige landschap van Buffalo, New York. Deze serie duikt in de duistere onderbuik van het leven aan de rand van de samenleving, waar de protagonist worstelt met zijn verleden en zoekt naar een vorm van verlossing. Verwacht een meeslepend verhaal vol gevaarlijke ontmoetingen, morele ambiguïteiten en onverwachte wendingen. Een aanrader voor fans van hard-boiled misdaadromans met een complexe antiheld.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
A Reason to Kill... Joe Kurtz, former investigator and convicted felon, is on parole. But his years in Attica for snuffing the mob killers of his beautiful partner didn't make his old haunts any safer. Back on the streets, he's already marked by a local Mafia don with unfinished business. A Reason to Live... If watching his back wasn't enough, Kurtz has been hired by gravely ill John Frears whose daughter met a grisly fate at the hands of a child-murderer. Frears wants one thing before he dies: for Kurtz to find the fiend that the authorities couldn't. But the calculating killer-a master at changing identities-has a little unfinished business of his own. A Reason to Die... Dodging a contract on his head, and tracking a serial killer on the loose, Kurtz is plunging headfirst into the icy waters of revenge-as both victim and private avenger. It's going to be a tough winter in Buffalo for Joe Kurtz-cold enough to freeze the blood.
In a remote mountaintop in Western New York, ex-PI Joe Kurtz faces a deadly secret that could claim his life in five days. After being ambushed, he finds himself nursing a severe concussion while grappling with the aftermath of an attack that leaves his female parole officer, Peg O'Toole, on life support. As he navigates through the haze of pain, Kurtz must confront Toma Gonzaga, a gay don with a blood debt, and Angelina Farino Ferrara, a female don intent on claiming either his body or his life. Meanwhile, a serial killer known as the Artful Dodger is on the loose, preying on heroin addicts in Buffalo. Kurtz's only ally is Rigby King, a police detective and his former teenage love from Father Baker's Orphanage, who has her own motives for wanting to be close to him. As the clock ticks down, Kurtz must decipher Rigby's intentions—whether she aims to save him or see him imprisoned. With its lightning-fast pace and relentless action, this installment raises the bar for crime fiction, immersing readers in the gritty reality of Buffalo's streets.
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