The Language of Cannibals
-
- USD 9.99
-
- USD 9.99
Descripción editorial
A circus-performer-turned-PI uncovers dark secrets in a Hudson River town in this novel of "bloodcurdling adventure" and "genuine suspense" (Publishers Weekly).
With a genius IQ, a past career as a circus acrobat, and a black belt in karate, criminology professor Dr. Robert Frederickson—better known as "Mongo the Magnificent"—has a decidedly unusual background for a private investigator. He also just so happens to be a dwarf.
When his friend, FBI agent Michael Burana, suspiciously drowns in the small town of Cairn, New York, Mongo's pursuit of the truth takes him up the Hudson River to the scene of the crime. Long known as a village populated by artists, intellectuals, and writers, Cairn has recently become home to ultraconservative political commentator Elysius Culhane, whose autobiography title, If You're Not Right You're Wrong, is less a pun than a personal manifesto.
Mongo couldn't care less about politics, but there's something about Culhane that just isn't right. And as Mongo and his brother, Garth, attempt to discern the real reason for Agent Burana's death, they will uncover a conspiracy that could leave them both swimming with the fishes . . .
The Language of Cannibals is the 8th book in the Mongo Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In his latest bloodcurdling adventure, Dr. Robert Frederickson, known to fans as Mongo the dwarf detective, is investigating the purported drowning of an FBI agent in the small New York town of Cairn. Also in Cairn is Elysius Culhane, who harangues TV audiences in speeches upholding ultra-conservative values, and Jay Acton, writer of Culhane's anti-liberal material. Folksinger Mary Tree, a 1960s protester against the Vietnam war, is now head of a pacifist group, the Community of Conciliation. Local thugs paid by Culhane harass the pacifists, a situation that escalates into deadly attacks. Mongo's brother Garth comes to Cairn to side with him and Mary's allies, against dismaying odds. Chesbro generates genuine suspense with the question of how, not if, his little hero with the giant's heart will triumph.
