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CITY WITHOUT STARS
A mesmerising, epic thriller of four bloody days
CITY WITHOUT STARS, a mesmerising, multi-stranded thriller that plays out over four bloody days on the Mexican border. On acquiring the novel, editor Angus Cargill said:
'CITY WITHOUT STARS is a powerful, atmospheric, and artfully written Cartel novel about an epidemic of missing women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Real. Set over four days, at the turn of the century, it is painfully relevant to today and confirms Tim as one of the most thoughtful and exciting new voices in international thriller writing.'
For residents of Ciudad Real, the situation is desperate. A deadly cartel war is erupting; determined female labour activists are about to take social justice into their own hands; hundreds of women are disappearing without trace; a priest hovers on the frontier between damnation and sainthood.
The most despairing acts are counterpoised with a rich humanity, dark humour and an unstinting faith in the redemptive power of human courage and decency. Its blistering pace, and morally ambiguous characters, will appeal to the audiences that made NARCOS and GOMORRAH international cultural events, as well as to fans of richly-imagined epic fiction such as Don Winslow's THE POWER OF THE DOG.
Baker's debut novel, FEVER CITY (UK, Faber 2016; US, Europa 2016), was short-listed for the John Creasey Debut Dagger and he was recently named one of Three Authors to Watch More Closely in the Future' by Kirkus. The reviews were great, too, as you'll see from below, and attached. Where FEVER CITY was a neo-noir conspiracy, CITY WITHOUT STARS is THE WIRE meets BLOOD MERIDIAN: an unflinching, rocket-fuelled thriller that will keep on tenterhooks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Sydney, Australia, Tim Baker moved around Europe before settling in Paris, where he wrote about jazz. He was the director of consular operations at the Australian embassy in France, liasing with international police, judicial and intelligence authorities on numerous cases involving murder, kidnap, child abduction,
hostage-taking, terrorism, suicide, assault, and disappearances.
'CITY WITHOUT STARS is a powerful, atmospheric, and artfully written Cartel novel about an epidemic of missing women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Real. Set over four days, at the turn of the century, it is painfully relevant to today and confirms Tim as one of the most thoughtful and exciting new voices in international thriller writing.'
For residents of Ciudad Real, the situation is desperate. A deadly cartel war is erupting; determined female labour activists are about to take social justice into their own hands; hundreds of women are disappearing without trace; a priest hovers on the frontier between damnation and sainthood.
The most despairing acts are counterpoised with a rich humanity, dark humour and an unstinting faith in the redemptive power of human courage and decency. Its blistering pace, and morally ambiguous characters, will appeal to the audiences that made NARCOS and GOMORRAH international cultural events, as well as to fans of richly-imagined epic fiction such as Don Winslow's THE POWER OF THE DOG.
Baker's debut novel, FEVER CITY (UK, Faber 2016; US, Europa 2016), was short-listed for the John Creasey Debut Dagger and he was recently named one of Three Authors to Watch More Closely in the Future' by Kirkus. The reviews were great, too, as you'll see from below, and attached. Where FEVER CITY was a neo-noir conspiracy, CITY WITHOUT STARS is THE WIRE meets BLOOD MERIDIAN: an unflinching, rocket-fuelled thriller that will keep on tenterhooks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Sydney, Australia, Tim Baker moved around Europe before settling in Paris, where he wrote about jazz. He was the director of consular operations at the Australian embassy in France, liasing with international police, judicial and intelligence authorities on numerous cases involving murder, kidnap, child abduction,
hostage-taking, terrorism, suicide, assault, and disappearances.
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Published 2023-05-11 by Faber & Faber |