The Fever Kill - Tapa blanda

Seventeen years ago, a kidnapped child died at the hands of the police, and the ransom intended to save her was nowhere to be found. Now the cop accused of slaughter is dead and his son wants answers - the truth for his father and redemption for himself. But the town of Hangtree has secrets to keep and some fine lowlifes to keep them. The fever burns through Crease as he unravels the only case that means anything to him, but he has to watch his step. He's losing ground to a mentor of a more dangerous stripe with his own vendetta to see satisfied. Can Crease put it together before he's torn apart? A dusty neo-noir murder mystery, The Fever Kill expertly blends flavors of hardboiled crime and modern literature. Tom Piccirilli provides a thrill ride for pulp connoisseurs and the uninitiated mainstream alike.

“A wondrous blazing talent... Intense and astonishing!” From the introduction by Ken Bruen Crease is going back to his quaint, quiet hometown of Hangtree. It’s where his father the sheriff met ruin in the face of a scandal involving the death of a kidnapped little girl and her missing ransom. It’s where Crease was beaten, jailed, and kicked clear of the town line ten years earlier. Now Crease is back. He’s been undercover for so long that most days he feels more like a mobster than a cop. He doesn’t mind much; the corrupt life is easier to stomach than a wife who can’t understand him, a son who hates him, and a half-dozen adopted kids he can’t even name anymore. He’s also just gotten his drug-dealing, knife-wielding, psycho boss Tucco’s mistress pregnant. A fine time to decide to settle old scores and resolve a decade-old mystery. With Tucco hot on his tail, Crease has to find his answers fast. Who kidnapped little Mary? Who really killed her? Was his own father guilty? And what happened to the paltry fifteen grand ransom that seems to spell salvation to half the population of Hangtree? The town still has a taste for his blood and secrets it wants to keep. Crease has a single hope: a raw and raging fever driving him toward the truth that might just burn him up along the way...“A rattlesnake-mean noir... powerful, hard-hitting, fearsome stuff.” Ed Gorman, author - The Day the Music Died Tom Piccirilli has left a trail of addicts in his literary wake. He is an International Thriller Writers Award finalist and one of the hottest rising stars in crime fiction.FIND OUT WHY.“It’s the rare crime novel that pulsates with the nightmare intensity of THE FEVER KILL. Piccirilli pulls it off masterfully.” Charles Ardai, Editor of Hard Case Crime From the acclaimed author of Headstone City, The Midnight Road and The Cold Spot comes a white-knuckle novel of lust, betrayal, corruption, greed and, with any luck, redemption. So many sins laced with salvation could only be brought to you by the Big Easy’s favorite new genre publisher, Creeping Hemlock Press.www.creepinghemlock.com