Dirty Sweet
Un meurtre en plein jour à Toronto, une témoin malchanceuse, et une opportunité à saisir pour tous : mafieux russes, flics ambitieux et entrepreneurs véreux.
In the middle of the afternoon on a busy downtown Toronto street a man is shot in the head behind the wheel of his SUV. The killer drives away before the light changes. It could be road rage, or it could be a random act of violence.
It could be, but it isn't. What it is, is opportunity. For everyone involved.
The witness, Roxanne Keyes, a real estate agent trying desperately to lease out space in unwanted office space, recognizes the killer - a man who had once looked to rent with her. She figures with this kind of leverage he'll be a lot more interested now. Except he's Boris Suliemanov, a Russian mobster in the strip club business, who's now busy taking out competitors and expanding into drugs and grand theft auto. Then there's Vince Fournier, a cool guy with a mysterious past who might be able to help Roxanne deal with Boris if he gets what he wants. He rents space in her building for his internet porn company, but he's looking for a little more from her. And finally, the homicide squad cops can see their own opportunities in the brazen, daytime murder. In the tradition of Elmore Leonard and Christopher Brookmyre, Dirty Sweet is a fast-paced crime story following each character to a surprising end.
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It could be, but it isn't. What it is, is opportunity. For everyone involved.
The witness, Roxanne Keyes, a real estate agent trying desperately to lease out space in unwanted office space, recognizes the killer - a man who had once looked to rent with her. She figures with this kind of leverage he'll be a lot more interested now. Except he's Boris Suliemanov, a Russian mobster in the strip club business, who's now busy taking out competitors and expanding into drugs and grand theft auto. Then there's Vince Fournier, a cool guy with a mysterious past who might be able to help Roxanne deal with Boris if he gets what he wants. He rents space in her building for his internet porn company, but he's looking for a little more from her. And finally, the homicide squad cops can see their own opportunities in the brazen, daytime murder. In the tradition of Elmore Leonard and Christopher Brookmyre, Dirty Sweet is a fast-paced crime story following each character to a surprising end.
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Dirty Sweet est un polar urbain haletant, salué pour son écriture ciselée et son humour noir. Ce roman vous plonge dans les rouages du crime organisé à Toronto, avec des personnages ambivalents et des dialogues percutants. John McFetridge et Bill Brownstein signent ici une œuvre qui rappelle le style d’Elmore Leonard, entre tension et ironie mordante.
Le roman explore la corruption, l’opportunisme et la survie dans un milieu impitoyable. Il aborde aussi la gentrification urbaine, les conflits entre gangs, et la quête de pouvoir à tout prix. Les auteurs mêlent habilement suspense, satire sociale et une galerie de personnages inoubliables.
Ce polar s’adresse aux amateurs de thrillers urbains, de récits bien rythmés et de personnages ambivalents. Les fans d’Elmore Leonard, de Quentin Tarantino ou de séries comme Breaking Bad y retrouveront une ambiance similaire. Il conviendra aussi aux lecteurs aimant les intrigues où l’humour noir côtoie la violence.
Vous pourrez interroger le smartbook sur les motivations des personnages, les références à Toronto, les techniques narratives des auteurs, ou encore les parallèles avec d’autres œuvres du genre. Posez-lui aussi des questions sur les thèmes de la corruption, de la survie urbaine, ou sur les choix stylistiques des auteurs.
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If more people wrote the kind of clean-as-a-whistle, no-fat prose McFetridge does, this reviewer would finish a lot more of their books.
The dubious fun is in the dialogue and details of a very entertaining and libidinous local debut.
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