Synopses & Reviews
Spider's Cage sees the return of Martin Windrow, the detective first introduced to readers in The Damned Don't Die ("a super thriller" --Los Angeles Times). When Jodie O'Ryan, the country singer he adores, disappears after the death of her grandfather, a millionaire oil man, Windrow sets off on their trail. Strangers and storytellers cross his path: friendly tarantulas, a Verlaine-reading prostitute, an androgynous bodyguard, a pimp-entrepreneur-singer, a Salvadorean revolutionary, a car salesman hooked on tranquilizers, a cop who treats the common cold with cocaine cut with amphetamines ... Windrow travels from surprise to nightmare, and from body to body, up until the dark-as-night finale.
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"An unheralded masterpiece of the noir genre. Everyone who loves Noir should read this brilliant book." --James Ellroy
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"Truly, hellishly gritty." --Los Angeles Times
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"Nobody has Nisbet's distinctive style, humor, and sheer craft … one of the finest masters of noir."
--Ken Bruen Synopsis
A brilliantly noir mystery from the author of Lethal Injection, never before published in English.
About the Author
Jim Nisbet is the author of twelve novels and five books of poetry. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times, shortlisted for the Hammett Prize, and published in ten languages. He lives in San Francisco, California.