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Tabloïd Circus
Sur une île des Caraïbes, la disparition d'une jeune femme déclenche une tempête politico-médiatique. À l'ère de l'info toute-puissante, tous les coups sont permis... Stanley Jones, ancien correspondant du Times, dépressif et alcoolique, est devenu reporter pour la presse à sensation. Le Royal, fer de lance des tabloïds britanniques, l'envoie sur Tortola, dans les îles Vierges britanniques, couvrir l'événement qui fait les gros titres à travers le monde : la disparition d'une touriste américaine de dix-huit ans, Mary Waters, dont la diffusion de photos osées sur Internet a enflammé les médias internationaux. Sur l'île envahie de paparazzis avides de scoops, le chef de la police, Lawrence O'Conner, un ancien rugbyman noir issu d'une famille d'esclaves, doit aussi subir la pression politique : le pouvoir local est sous la coupe de Washington, et le FBI veut prendre le contrôle des opérations pour régler l'affaire au plus vite. Quitte à trouver un coupable "idéal", parmi les trafiquants de marijuana qui prolifèrent sur l'île. Entre marchés de dupe et complicité de circonstance, le journaliste déchu et le flic sous tutelle s'allient pour mener l'enquête, happés dans une spirale de mensonges, d'espionnage et de manipulation...
416 pages, Paperback
Published April 25, 2014
About the author
Kent Harrington
25 books7 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Kent Harrington is a 4th generation San Franciscan, born to an Irish-Jewish father and Guatemalan mother. His early education was spent at the Palo Alto Military Academy, where he was sent at an early age. He attended San Francisco State University and received a degree in Spanish Literature. After living both in Spain and Latin America, he returned to the Bay Area and began his career as a novelist supporting himself as a teacher, carpenter, factory worker and life insurance salesman.
His first published work was the well-received noir thriller Dark Ride published in 1997. Booklist’s review wrote: “This is as noir as it gets.” His follow-up noir thriller Dia De Los Muertos is now considered a modern crime classic. Amazon’s editorial review says: “If "American noir" were in the dictionary, you might find Kent Harrington's picture in place of the definition.”
Other works include Red Jungle, set in Guatemala, and The Good Physician. Both novels were compared to Graham Greene and John le Carré’s work. Red Jungle was selected as one of the “10 best crime novels” of the year by Booklist.
Kent Harrington is the author of seven novels, the latest, The Rat Machine, will be published by Market Street Books in 2013. He lives in Northern California with his wife.
Kent Harrington is a 4th generation San Franciscan, born to an Irish-Jewish father and Guatemalan mother. His early education was spent at the Palo Alto Military Academy, where he was sent at an early age. He attended San Francisco State University and received a degree in Spanish Literature. After living both in Spain and Latin America, he returned to the Bay Area and began his career as a novelist supporting himself as a teacher, carpenter, factory worker and life insurance salesman.
His first published work was the well-received noir thriller Dark Ride published in 1997. Booklist’s review wrote: “This is as noir as it gets.” His follow-up noir thriller Dia De Los Muertos is now considered a modern crime classic. Amazon’s editorial review says: “If "American noir" were in the dictionary, you might find Kent Harrington's picture in place of the definition.”
Other works include Red Jungle, set in Guatemala, and The Good Physician. Both novels were compared to Graham Greene and John le Carré’s work. Red Jungle was selected as one of the “10 best crime novels” of the year by Booklist.
Kent Harrington is the author of seven novels, the latest, The Rat Machine, will be published by Market Street Books in 2013. He lives in Northern California with his wife.
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