The Secret History of Las Vegas

A gritty, riveting, and wholly original murder mystery from PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author and 2015 Edgar Awards winner Chris Abani

Before he can retire, Las Vegas detective Salazar is determined to solve a recent spate of murders. When he encounters a pair of conjoined twins with a container of blood near their car, he's sure he has apprehended the killers, and enlists the help of Dr. Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in the study of psychopaths. As Sunil tries to crack the twins, the implications of his research grow darker. Haunted by his betrayal of loved ones back home during apartheid, he seeks solace in the love of Asia, a prostitute with hopes of escaping that life. But Sunil's own troubled past is fast on his heels in the form of a would-be assassin.

Suspenseful through the last page, The Secret History of Las Vegas is Chris Abani's most accomplished work to date, with his trademark visionary prose and a striking compassion for the inner lives of outsiders.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 01/07/2014
ISBN: 9780143124955
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner
Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Ebony 12/01/2013 pg. 39
Publishers Weekly 11/25/2013
Booklist 12/01/2013 pg. 29
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2014
Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 90
New York Times Book Review 01/26/2014 pg. 17
New York Times Book Review 02/02/2014 pg. 22
New York Times Book Review 02/09/2014 pg. 19