"This is the stuff... Violent, pacy, stylish and funny."
- The Daily Mirror
It's Christmas Eve in Brooklyn and sexy real estate exec Dot Racine is dead.
Once upon a time, she was the first runner-up in the Miss Ohio pageant. Now, Dot's bullet-riddled body is in the trunk of Dick Miller's car. Miller - an A-list handsome ex-con, and Dot's former lover and employee, has no idea how the body got there. All he knows is he will do nearly anything to make it go away.
Dot's other former lover, freelance cocaine trafficker and murderer Nestor Garcia, is on the run from the cartels. He's interested in Dot's keys to the safe deposit boxes in the Bahamas with more than a million dollars tucked away inside.
Cool Breeze is a survivor and warrior. Sex and deception are her weapons of choice. Breeze plans to let all of Dot's lovers and business partners kill each other off. After they're dead, Breeze will walk away with the money.
Nothing will happened as planned. This is a roller coaster ride of a novel that twists and turns toward a stunning showdown readers won't soon forget.
{Formerly published as The Takedown.}
"Quinlan delights in wrong-footing the reader. A fast-moving, hugely entertaining thriller." -- The Observer on Sunday
"[A] Leonardesque thriller. For this top-notch noir entertainment, think Coen Brothers (Blood Simple) in print." -- Mystery Scene Magazine
"Quinlan brings to glorious life several offbeat, deviant characters from roads less traveled. This hurtles along like an express train to its smashing climax." -- Publisher's Weekly
Genre: Mystery
- The Daily Mirror
It's Christmas Eve in Brooklyn and sexy real estate exec Dot Racine is dead.
Once upon a time, she was the first runner-up in the Miss Ohio pageant. Now, Dot's bullet-riddled body is in the trunk of Dick Miller's car. Miller - an A-list handsome ex-con, and Dot's former lover and employee, has no idea how the body got there. All he knows is he will do nearly anything to make it go away.
Dot's other former lover, freelance cocaine trafficker and murderer Nestor Garcia, is on the run from the cartels. He's interested in Dot's keys to the safe deposit boxes in the Bahamas with more than a million dollars tucked away inside.
Cool Breeze is a survivor and warrior. Sex and deception are her weapons of choice. Breeze plans to let all of Dot's lovers and business partners kill each other off. After they're dead, Breeze will walk away with the money.
Nothing will happened as planned. This is a roller coaster ride of a novel that twists and turns toward a stunning showdown readers won't soon forget.
{Formerly published as The Takedown.}
"Quinlan delights in wrong-footing the reader. A fast-moving, hugely entertaining thriller." -- The Observer on Sunday
"[A] Leonardesque thriller. For this top-notch noir entertainment, think Coen Brothers (Blood Simple) in print." -- Mystery Scene Magazine
"Quinlan brings to glorious life several offbeat, deviant characters from roads less traveled. This hurtles along like an express train to its smashing climax." -- Publisher's Weekly
Genre: Mystery
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