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Miami, 1981. When Detective Max Mingus and his partner Joe are called to the scene of a death at Miami's Primate Park, it looks like another routine - if slightly bizarre - investigation. Until two things turn up: the victim's family, slaughtered; and a partly digested tarot card in the dead man's stomach. "The King of Swords" - an increasingly bloody trail leads Max and Joe first to a sinister fortune-teller and her scheming pimp son, then to the infamous Solomon Boukman. Few have ever met the most feared criminal in Miami, but rumours abound of a forked tongue, voodoo ceremonies and friends in very high places. Against a backdrop of black magic and police corruption, Max and Joe must distinguish the good guys from the bad - and track down some answers. What is the significance of the "King of Swords"? What makes those who have swallowed the card go on a killing spree just before they die? And can Max find out the truth about Solomon Boukman, before death's shadow reaches his own front door ...
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
December 2008 : USA Hardback
August 2007 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
August 2011 : UK Paperback

Title: King of Swords (A Max Mingus Thriller)
Author(s): Nick Stone
ISBN: 0-241-95791-5 / 978-0-241-95791-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
Availability: Amazon UK
December 2009 : USA Paperback
2009 : Paperback
August 2008 : UK Paperback
August 2007 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
February 2008 : UK Audio Cassette

Title: King of Swords
Author(s): Nick Stone
ISBN: 0-7531-3025-4 / 978-0-7531-3025-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Availability: Amazon UK
February 2008 : UK Audio CD

Title: King of Swords
Author(s): Nick Stone
ISBN: 0-7531-3026-2 / 978-0-7531-3026-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: ISIS Publishing
Availability: Amazon UK
Kindle Editions
October 2009 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
August 2008 : Australia, UK Kindle edition