IAIN RYAN
The Strip (Signed Paperback)
The Strip (Signed Paperback)
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"A terrific neo-noir from an exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction' - Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain.
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NOVEL (225 pages)
Published by Echo Publishing (AUS)
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Can you trust anyone in seedy streets of small town Queensland?
Nate, a student and part-time drug dealer, is about to find out. After discovering a mysterious suitcase, Nate is forced to navigates a world of deception, betrayal, and murder. With a cast of unforgettable characters and a lightning fast plot that will keep you guessing until the very end, this book is a rollercoaster ride.
Don't miss out on this unforgettable journey through the dark side of Australia. The Student is high-paced, hardboiled regional noir: fresh, gritty, unnerving, with a stark and lonely beauty.
Blurb: Gatton, Queensland. 1994. Nate is a student, dealing weed on the side. A girl called Maya Kibby is dead. No one knows who killed her. Nate needs to refresh his supply, but his friend and dealer is missing. Nate is high. He is alone. Being hunted for the suitcase he’s found and haunted by its contents. And as things turn from bad to worse, Nate uncovers far more than he bargained for.
‘The Student takes the campus novel and mines within it a dark seam of violence, deception and suspense in prose that burns with a fierce propulsion’ -David Whish-Wilson
This is the paperback edition.
13.5 x 21 cm | 5 x 8 inches.
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Gold Coast has plenty of corruption. It is lucky to have some really good cops doing their best to try to stamp it out but unfortunately there are some -well - not so good. However, The Strip as a crime novel - it really grips you. Iain Ryan has outlined corruption and crime which is rampant in some areas of the Gold Coast. Hard to put this book down. Have to keep reading it hoping the bad guys have been arrested.
A historic Aussie crime mystery, The Strip (2023) by Iain Ryan is set in 1980s Queensland. Lana Cohen is a female detective sent to the Gold Coast to assist the serial killer task force, Diablo which is mired down and going nowhere. She is partnered with a local detective, Bruno Karras to work on the latest killing in New South Wales. As they undertake their part of the investigation, Lana becomes aware of another local detective, Henry Loch who is ostracised by his peers and needing to prove himself. As the various leads are followed up, Lana agrees to work separately but keep each other informed, as Henry pursues a possible connection between their cases. Set against the backdrop of the well-documented historical police corruption of the times, this police procedural has an authentic feel with its almost terse narrative but sublime characters and period capture. A romp of a tale and first-rate crime mystery that has a four stars read rating. As always, the opinions herein are totally my own, freely given and without inducement.