MysteryPeople Presents: R. J. ELLORY - A Quiet Vendetta
01/27/2012 7:00 pm
 | MysteryPeople presents |
We'll have beer, wine (for those 21+) and snacks on hand at this event. Join us! "As in the very best of thrillers, A Quiet Vendetta has the ring of truth and real research behind it all. With exquisite pace and perfect timing, R.J. Ellory has given us a piercing assessment of the nature of love, loyalty and obsessive revenge, not to mention a deep understanding of la cosa nostra."--The Guardian When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly - she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with a minor functionary from a Washington-based organised crime task force. Quickly dragged down to the deep South, Ray Hartmann puzzles over why he has been summoned and why the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, wants to tell him his life story. It's only when he realises that Ernesto has been a brutal hitman for the Mob since the 1950s that things start to come together. But by the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late... A Quiet Vendetta is Scott's Pick of the Month. Read his review here. R.J. Ellory is the author of eight novels, including the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels, which was the Strand Magazine's Thriller of the Year, nominated for the Barry Award, and a finalist for the SIBA Award. His novel, A Simple Act of Violence, won the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award. In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchased your book from BookPeople in advance, please save your receipt and present it at the event. Thank you for supporting R. J. Ellory, MysteryPeople, and your local independent bookstore!
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Location:
- Street:
- 603 N Lamar Blvd
- City:
- Austin ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 78703-5413
- Country:
- United States
