{"product_id":"the-midnight-promise-a-detectives-story-in-ten-cases-9781609451332","title":"The Midnight Promise: A Detective's Story in Ten Cases","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne PI. Ten crimes. \"Stylistically reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino's \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eKill Bill\u003c\/i\u003e. An exciting and original debut\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Hoopla Literary Society\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA literary detective story ingeniously told in ten cases. John Dorn is a classic gumshoe. His woman has left him, he lives in his office, and he drinks too much. His one friend, a lawyer named Demetri, hands Dorn an infinite supply of hopeless cases and lost causes, to which Dorn, ever the champion of the underdog and the oppressed, is drawn to \"as a sledgehammer is to a kneecap.\" A superlative work of hardboiled literary detective fiction, The Midnight Promise wonderfully evokes the underbelly of contemporary Melbourne, its battlers, its hard men, its victims, and its ill-fated heroes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] powerful hard-boiled debut . . . The cases get progressively more disturbing, both in terms of their subject matter, which include gruesome torture, and their impact on Dorn, a classic world-weary narrator.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lovitt has a neat way with a yarn. . . . And just when you think he is going to stay close to a kind of downbeat realism, there is a slide into something a little thrillerish and action-packed.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" An] artful, Down Under nod to the hard-boiled private eyes of Chandler and Hammett.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \"10 Excellent International Thrillers\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lovitt is sure-handed in sketching characters, and he laces Dorn's cases with sardonic humor and prodigious bits of human frailty. . . . Fans of international crime fiction will enjoy Dorn and his milieu.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609451332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zane Lovitt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661873016988,"sku":"9781609451332","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_44bc87eb-5039-4dfa-b11b-d80efa8e7371.jpg?v=1603900473","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-midnight-promise-a-detectives-story-in-ten-cases-9781609451332","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}