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Death Rattle - by Alex Gilly (Paperback)

Death Rattle - by  Alex Gilly (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Every life has its price... Alex Gilly's <i>Death Rattle</i> is a timely thriller for fans of Don Winslow's <i>The Border</i> </b> <p/>When Carmen Vega's boyfriend tries to kill her, she hands over all her savings to a smuggler and sets out from Tijuana in a small, leaky boat. Within sight of the California coast, the boat starts to sink, and its passengers are rescued by border patrol. <p/>Soon, Carmen turns up dead in a privately-operated Migrant Detention Center. Neither Nick Finn, the officer who saved Carmen from drowning, nor his wife, human-rights lawyer Mona Jimenez, are satisfied with the prison's account of what happened to Carmen. <p/>Trouble is, the company that runs the prison is on the verge of signing a billion-dollar procurement contract with Homeland Security. And there are people in this world for whom a billion dollars is worth a lot more than one human life. Or even three.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Praise for <i>Death Rattle</i>: <p/>"What's a border noir mystery without vicious drug cartels and desperate illegal migrants? Alex Gilly obligingly provides those joys in <i>Death Rattle</i> which is set in a town on the California-Mexico border laughably named Paradise."--<i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Impressive....will keep readers turning the pages. Thriller fans will want to see more of Nick."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>Praise for <i>Devil's Harbor</i>: <p/>"You're there, amidst the action, feeling, hearing, even smelling the tension. This is one of those labyrinths of mystery readers crave."--Steve Berry <p/>"[A] thrill-a-moment first novel...The ending is an unexpected nail-bitter that crackles with tension. Readers will look forward to seeing more of Nick."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"Buy it! Recommend it! The writing is exuberant yet controlled, the plot is twisty and devious yet easily tracked, the characters are freshly imagined... the revelations are startling."--<i>Booklist, </i>starred review</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ALEX GILLY is a writer and translator who was born in New York City and has lived in Australia, Canada, France, California, and the UK. <i>Devil's Harbor</i> was his first novel. He currently lives in Sydney with his family.

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