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The Secret History of Las Vegas
Contributor(s): Abani, Chris (Author)
ISBN: 0143124951     ISBN-13: 9780143124955
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
OUR PRICE:   $16.15  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2013033496
Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages
 
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A gritty, riveting, and wholly original murder mystery from PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author and 2015 Edgar Awards winner Chris Abani

Before he can retire, Las Vegas detective Salazar is determined to solve a recent spate of murders. When he encounters a pair of conjoined twins with a container of blood near their car, he's sure he has apprehended the killers, and enlists the help of Dr. Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in the study of psychopaths. As Sunil tries to crack the twins, the implications of his research grow darker. Haunted by his betrayal of loved ones back home during apartheid, he seeks solace in the love of Asia, a prostitute with hopes of escaping that life. But Sunil's own troubled past is fast on his heels in the form of a would-be assassin.

Suspenseful through the last page, The Secret History of Las Vegas is Chris Abani's most accomplished work to date, with his trademark visionary prose and a striking compassion for the inner lives of outsiders.