Tropic of Night
"Just when it looks as if detective fiction has plowed every gory, suspenseful possibility, along comes a novel that raises the stakes on the genre. Tropic of Night introduces the killer as enchanter, a conjurer schooled in African sorcery. This witch floats through the story literally unseen by...
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"Just when it looks as if detective fiction has plowed every gory, suspenseful possibility, along comes a novel that raises the stakes on the genre. Tropic of Night introduces the killer as enchanter, a conjurer schooled in African sorcery. This witch floats through the story literally unseen by his victims, whom he forces to see and hear only what he wants them to. It's a frightening concept executed with poetic vision and authority.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330426848 (0330426842)
Publish date: April 2nd 2004
Publisher: Pan Books
Pages no: 563
Edition language: English
Series: Jimmy Paz (#1)
The Tropic of Night starts off with a bang as Jane Doe, an anthropologist, kills a woman and rescues an abused child, who she then raises as her own. The story moves all over the globe from Miami to New York to Africa. She marries a poet and playwright. When she goes with her husband to Nigeria, whe...
One of my favorites, a thriller, a mystery, a police procedural, a wonderful introduction to the culture and place of South Florida, plus a primer on anthropology. Jimmy Paz is the protagonist in a series of three books by Gurber, but the other characters in each are super as well, just terrific. ...
I first read Gruber's Valley of Bones, which is the sequel to Tropic of Night, and I can tell you this is a much more complex book than its sequel. VoB is an above-average mystery/thriller/police procedural, with the bonus of excellent writing, plotting, and a fascinating suspect whose backstory g...
This is first-rate, a gripping detective read from start to finish, replete with tons of payload about the world of “magic.” There is particular emphasis on cultic practices in Africa and the Caribbean with notice of remote Siberian beliefs as well.
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