“From the brilliance of the opening chapter, one is aware of a writer with an exceptional point of view. I know of no other American novel where the protagonist is an accomplished pilot who can also write the story with his own fair share of winged prose.”
— Norman Mailer on Stranger’s Gate
Stranger’s Gate
by Tom Casey
Pilot and adventurer, Jason Walker follows his bliss—into the sensuous arms of sultry Charlotte Lansing. Unfortunately, Charlotte’s husband, Alan, is a Wall Street raider, a drug-lord money-launderer and a particularly perverse pornographer. Marked for murder, Jason and Charlotte are in the race of their lives. After them are Alan and his psychopathic team of drug-lord hitmen. His hot pursuit will hurtle them through the tropical bars, torrid beaches and palatial villas of the Caribbean, as they flee by land, sea and air.
But no one can run forever . . .
A novel of brutal violence, blood-vengeance and stunning sensuality, Strangers’ Gate pays homage to such noir classics as James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers and Elmore Leonard’s Glitz. At once lyrically poetic, electrifyingly erotic and relentlessly riveting, Strangers’ Gate nonetheless pulsates with a voice all its own. Pilot and adventurer, Jason Walker follows his bliss—into the sensuous arms of sultry Charlotte Lansing. Unfortunately, Charlotte’s husband, Alan, is a Wall Street raider, a drug-lord money-launderer and a particularly perverse pornographer. Marked for murder, Jason and Charlotte are in the race of their lives. After them are Alan and his psychopathic team of drug-lord hitmen. His hot pursuit will hurtle them through the tropical bars, torrid beaches and palatial villas of the Caribbean, as they flee by land, sea and air.
But no one can run forever . . .
A novel of brutal violence, blood-vengeance and stunning sensuality, Strangers’ Gate pays homage to such noir classics as James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers and Elmore Leonard’s Glitz. At once lyrically poetic, electrifyingly erotic and relentlessly riveting, Strangers’ Gate nonetheless pulsates with a voice all its own. Pilot and adventurer, Jason Walker follows his bliss—into the sensuous arms of sultry Charlotte Lansing. Unfortunately, Charlotte’s husband, Alan, is a Wall Street raider, a drug-lord money-launderer and a particularly perverse pornographer. Marked for murder, Jason and Charlotte are in the race of their lives. After them are Alan and his psychopathic team of drug-lord hitmen. His hot pursuit will hurtle them through the tropical bars, torrid beaches and palatial villas of the Caribbean, as they flee by land, sea and air.
But no one can run forever . . .
A novel of brutal violence, blood-vengeance and stunning sensuality, Strangers’ Gate pays homage to such noir classics as James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers and Elmore Leonard’s Glitz. At once lyrically poetic, electrifyingly erotic and relentlessly riveting, Strangers’ Gate nonetheless pulsates with a voice all its own.