Blood & ashes
Mark Loeffelholz
Oscar Jade, a down-on-his-luck Miami Beach private eye sorts out a case involving a femme fatale, the mob and the New York crime syndicate.
Read Time: ~10.1 hr
L'heure du chat
by Peter Quinn (2007)
About this book
Années 1930. A Berlin, l'amiral Canaris tente d'enrayer la montée d'Hitler. A New York, le détective Dunne se trouve aux prises avec une affaire qui le dépasse complètement. Passant de la hiérarchie nazie aux bas-fonds new-yorkais, ce thriller évoque les relations entre les deux pays à la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et le projet eugénique nazi aux USA avec une grande rigueur historique.
Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreL'heure du chat Lead Character
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