Matador
by Ray Banks
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Pub Date Feb 12 2013 | Archive Date Mar 29 2013
Amazon Publishing | Thomas & Mercer
Description
He wakes up screaming, a bullet in his head and his body buried in a shallow grave. He has no memory of life before this moment, just a single clue to the past: a ticket to a bullfight crumpled in his pocket with a phone number on the back. Maybe it will unlock the answers he needs. Or maybe it will be a brutal reminder that some lives are better left forgotten. Because as his luck would have it, the ticket leads to British drug runners and their gangster bosses who don’t take kindly to dead men walking around. Now they’re hot on his trail, threatening the family and friends he barely remembers yet will kill to protect. If it’s a fight they want, it’s a fight they’ll get. And this time when they murder the Matador, they’d better make sure he stays dead…
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Advance Praise
"Banks has an ear for the vernacular as sharp as, but a shade or two bluer than, that of George V. Higgins. Let the squeamish stick with Tony Soprano; this is real tough stuff." - Kirkus
"Tough and assured ... Banks is updating the noir novel with an utterly original sensibility." - Publisher's Weekly
"The writing is the real star of the book: violent, dark, funny and always profane ... This is the cream of contemporary British noir." - Publisher's Weekly
"... terrific, brooding and chilling prose." - The Scotsman
"Banks is one of the freshest voices in hard-boiled crime fiction today." - Library Journal
"Smart, engaging, a powerful voice - Ray Banks is one of the best novelists of our generation." - Christa Faust author of Money Shot and Choke Hold
"Lots of neo-noir's young tyros can punch - and Banks can punch as hard as the best of them - but he also has the heart and soul to back it up." - January Magazine
"Ray Banks writes with swagger, venomous drollery and a good hard eyes for details that matter." - Daniel Woodrell author of Winter's Bone
"Ray Banks ... writes with harshness, humour and elegance, and his punchy dialogue teems with vigorous authenticity ... Banks is the real thing." - The Times (of London)
"For those bored with the traditional approach of crime and mystery series - who know that there is more to be found in the big, bad world of crime fiction - Banks is the man. His books are smart, unpredictable and, above all, dangerous." - Crime Scene Scotland
"Ray Banks is one of the most talented young crime fiction authors working and reshaping the field today." - Bookgasm
"Banks has a Cain-esque ability to take well-drawn, realistic characters whose moral compass is wobbling, and let them slash and burn their way to ruin." - Spinetingler
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781611099348 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
