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Tropic of Night
Tropic of Night
Author: Michael Gruber
Not since The Secret History has a novel so flawlessly married the ferocious intensity of an unforgettable thriller with the depth, daring, and nuance of our most celebrated literary fiction. Tropic of Night is a virtuoso performance -- an unforgettably accomplished novel, a masterpiece of electricity and ambition.Jane Doe was a pr...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060509545
ISBN-10: 0060509546
Publication Date: 3/1/2003
Pages: 432
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  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Perhaps my favorite murder mystery of all time, a police-procedural with engaging, fully-realized characters, and a back-story laid out in a second plot line narrated by Jane Doe, who went to Africa to study their cultures and came back an apprentice witch. Gruber manages to suggest a scientific biochemistry/physiology explanation for the witch-work, so that it does not read as fantasy, but even as you emerge blinking from the world of this novel wishing it could go on for a thousand pages more, you are glad it isn't really true. Brilliantly imagined, beautifully written, a superb work of fiction.
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katzpawz avatar reviewed Tropic of Night on + 281 more book reviews
Jane Doe was a promising anthropologist, an expert on shamanism. Now she's nothing, a shadow living under an assumed identity in Miami with a little girl to protect. Everyone thinks she's dead. Or so Jane hopes. Then the killings start, a series of rutualistic murders that terrifies all of Miami. The investigator is Jimmy Paz, a Cuban-American police detective. There are witnesses, but they can recall almost nothing of the events, as though their memory has been reased - as if a spell has been cast on them. Equally bizarre is the string of clues Paz uncovers; a divination charm, exotic drugs found in the bodies of the victims, a century-old report telling of a secret place in the heart of Africa.
virginiamom avatar reviewed Tropic of Night on + 28 more book reviews
Pretty darn good thriller. Not edge of the seat stay up till all hours and finish, but layered and twisted with a dose of confession and redemption. Oh did I mention anthropology and magical religions? Read this and learn. A better read than the The Book of Air and Shadows


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