{"product_id":"9781632866523","title":"Dark Water","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDark Water\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Parker Bilal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sixth thriller in the Makana series called \"excellent\" by Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times Book Review. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When an Englishman, Marcus Winslow, appears at Private Investigator Makana's door one April morning, Makana does not realize that he will soon risk losing everything he has built for himself in Cairo. Winslow represents the British Secret Intelligence Services and he has a special mission to offer, one that Makana cannot resist: Ayman Nizari, a dangerous specialist in biochemical nerve agents, is on the run and asking for asylum. The only person who can bring him in is Makana--by Nizari's own request.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNizari has gone underground in Istanbul and Makana, for the first time since arriving in Egypt, must travel abroad, to a city he doesn't know. Can he trust Marcus Winslow? Or is something more sinister in the works? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Istanbul, Makana soon realizes that nothing is what it appears to be. Suddenly, his past is racing to catch up with him, and Makana becomes both hunter and hunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Makana (who uses only one name) is very much a noir hero, an updated version of Chandler’s hardboiled loner, a man of honor…The complex and cynical actions of the agents of various security services suggest the dark world of spy fiction, from John le Carré’s \u003ci\u003eTHE LOOKING GLASS WAR\u003c\/i\u003e to the post–Cold War espionage novels of Mick Herron or David Ignatius.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books for DARK WATER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA new best\u003c\/b\u003e for this \u003cb\u003eabsorbing \u003c\/b\u003eseries, this fifth entry offers a \u003cb\u003emust-read\u003c\/b\u003e, street-level look at African politics; a compelling personal journey; and a\u003cb\u003e top-rate\u003c\/b\u003e mystery.\" - starred review,\u003ci\u003e Booklist on CITY OF JACKALS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This \u003cb\u003eexcellent series \u003c\/b\u003e. . . captures the climate of fear and rage that has come to define life in a perpetual war zone.\" - Marilyn Stasio, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review on THE GHOST RUNNER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Makana has become] one of crime fiction’s most interesting and sympathetic detectives . . .\u003cb\u003e [Bilal] gets better and better.\u003c\/b\u003e\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Times on THE BURNING GATES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Makana is a \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e, even an archetypal, hero . . . [A] \u003cb\u003emust-read series\u003c\/b\u003e.\" - starred review, \u003ci\u003eBooklist on THE BURNING GATES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharp, witty, politically astute thrillers . . . Makana's place as an exile on the margins of society . . . makes him\u003cb\u003e the perfect 21st-century detective\u003c\/b\u003e, capable of uncovering the many guises of power.\" - \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera America on THE GHOST RUNNER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781632866523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40597453701326,"sku":"9781632866523","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_911edbe6-30f7-4bef-8f1b-c745d3c91fcc.jpg?v=1637880455","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781632866523","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}