Synopses & Reviews
Pilot and adventurer, Jason Walker follows his bliss into the sensuous arms of sultry Charlotte Lansing. Unfortunately, Charlotte's husband, Alan, is a Wall Street raider, a drug-lord money-launderer, and a particularly perverse pornographer. Marked for murder, Jason and Charlotte are in the race of their lives. After them are Alan and his psychopathic team of drug-lord hitmen. His hot pursuit will hurtle them through the tropical bars, torrid beaches, and palatial villas of the Caribbean, as they flee by land, sea and air.
But no one can run forever...
A novel of brutal violence, blood-vengeance, and stunning sensuality, Strangers' Gate pays homage to such noir classics as James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers, and Elmore Leonard's Glitz. At once lyrically poetic, electrifyingly erotic and relentlessly riveting, Strangers' Gate nonetheless pulsates with a voice all its own.
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"From the brilliance of the opening chapter, one is aware of a writer with an exceptional point of view. I know of no other American novel where the protagonist is an accomplished pilot who can also write the story with his own fair share of winged prose." Norman Mailer
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"Strangers' Gate is a wonder to behold vicious villains, scorching femme fatales, gorgeous tropical settings, a pilot-adventurer lost on a hero's quest." Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of Tyrannosaur Canyon
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"This Casey can write! He's got a straight-forward, no-nonsense style where every word works hard to hammer home some of the uncomfortable realities we should face and try too often to ignore. His writing is so perceptive that you can almost think the same thoughts as the characters" Lewis Perdue, New York Times bestselling author of Daughter of God
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"Casey writes simple, effective prose that achieves a kind of beauty when turned on the urgencies of flight. For a thriller, Strangers' Gate meanders a little and takes its time, but once the action picks up it proves to be the kind of story in which sex is dark and violence is necessary. Here is a novel perfectly suited for humid nights." Anna Godbersen, Esquire (read the entire Esquire review)
About the Author
Tom Casey was born in New York City. He was a military pilot during the Vietnam era, and is presently a captain with a major international airline, flying 777s. He is the author of Human Error.