The Rhythm of the August Rain

Zusatztext Praise for The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: "Strong characters and vivid descriptive passages." — Kirkus Reviews "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." — New York Journal of Books [Royes] does an outstanding job of creating a small Jamaican village – it is so vivid that the reader feels part of the environment – and deftly shows the social and political life on the island. The novel is an absorbing read and one that won’t be forgotten quickly. –Barbara Cothern! Portland Book Review Informationen zum Autor Gillian Royes is the creator of the Shad series, detective novels that take place on the North Coast of Jamaica. The first in the series is The Goat Woman of Largo Bay , followed by The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks , The Sea Grape Tree , and The Rhythm of the August Rain . Prior to that she authored two nonfiction works entitled Business Is Good and Sexcess: The New Gender Rules at Work . She has also ventured into scriptwriting with Preciosa , a film directed by Peter Sagnia, as well as a play called How to Be an Immigrant . A native of Jamaica, Gillian pursued her higher education in the United States, obtaining a doctorate from Emory University. She currently lives in Atlanta and on the island of St. Croix, where she lectures at the University of the Virgin Islands. Find out more at GillianRoyes.com. Klappentext "Shad Myers, the loveable bartender and town sleuth of Largo Bay, hunts down clues to a woman's mysterious disappearance in this fourth riveting novel in the Shad detective series. Shannon, a photojournalist on assignment for a Canadian magazine, arrives in the impoverished but beautiful fishing village of Largo Bay, Jamaica. But she's seeking more than a tropical paradise: She wants to know why a Canadian woman named Katlyn went missing there more than three decades ago. So she calls on Shad--"bartender by trade, investigator by vocation, and unofficial sheriff of Largo Bay" (Publishers Weekly)--for help. Together, they delve into Rastafarian life and history while preparations are being made for Shad's wedding and the groundbreaking of his new hotel. But the deeper they get into the story, the deeper they get into trouble. And it's clear that whoever wanted Katlyn buried all those years ago will do anything to keep the truth buried as well... As in her previous novels The Sea Grape Tree, The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks, and The Goat Woman of Largo Bay, Gillian Royes transports readers into a beautiful Caribbean setting where life is cheap but religion is strong, and one man is still trying to solve the island's relentless questions"--The Rhythm of the August Rain CHAPTER ONE God liked to play games with people, made the biggest things creep into their lives when they least expected them. If it wasn’t so, Renford would have gotten a shout-out before he climbed onto his bicycle to tell him a drunk driver was coming down the road, and somebody would have told Miss Maudie, hinted to her gentlelike, that she’d won the lottery. It might have saved her the heart attack when she heard it on TV. But, no, Shad was to reflect later, God liked to spin people around with a shock and see if they could walk straight, like a child about to pin the tail on the donkey. Like the boss after Shannon’s call. The news had fallen out of the clear blue sky. Shad had been minding his own business, wiping the dust and salt spray off the bottles behind the bar before any customers came in. The ocean had been drumming on the cliff below and the breeze blowing through the bar’s open sides as they always did. Even th...

Product details

• Authors: Gillian Royes
• Publisher: Pocket Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781476762401
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-6240-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Atria Books; A Shadrack Myers Mystery; A Shadrack Myers Mystery; Shadrack Myers Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense