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Daniel Blake (Author)
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Publication Date: 13 Oct 2011

The pulse-pounding new thriller featuring FBI agent Franco Patrese, in New Orleans on the hunt for a warped serial killer as Hurricane Katrina threatens the city.

New Orleans, Summer 2005: New FBI agent Franco Patrese is intrigued when the attractive PA to the city’s richest man requests a secret meeting. She has information regarding an unthinkable conspiracy, and will trust no-one else.

The next day she’s dead – the victim of a bizarre ritual murder – and Patrese finds himself drawn into the murkiest of underworlds, piecing together connections between the city’s seediest players and her top officials.

Only two things remain certain – there are huge secrets hidden in these cesspools of corruption and crime, and some people will do anything to keep them that way.

And all the while, the city’s apocalypse looms. Her name is Katrina, and she’s taking aim…

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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Harper (13 Oct 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007384505
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007384501
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 463,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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• Stunning. A ‘Chinatown’ for the 21st century’ – Charles Cumming, NY Times bestselling author of THE TRINITY SIX

• ‘City of Sins starts with a tsunami and ends with a hurricane, and nothing in between slows it down. A smart, scary, and relentless storm overtaking a city held hostage by greed and disaster." – Andrew Gross, NYTimes bestselling author

• Daniel Blake makes New Orleans the setting for a story that's as hot, steamy and shot through with voodoo madness as the city itself. Highly recommended!" – Tom Cain, author of THE ACCIDENT MAN and DICTATOR

About the Author

Daniel Blake is the pseudonym of award-winning novelist and screenwriter Boris Starling. White Death is his seventh book, and he also created the BBC1 franchise ‘Messiah’ which ran for five series. He lives in Dorset with his wife and children.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Blow Hard 13 Nov 2011
By James I. Wilson VINE™ VOICE
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I enjoy American crime fiction and this is what attracted me to this book. It is well written, moves with pace and has many suspensful passages. It is about a series of bizarre murders and their investigation by an FBI agent. It gives an excellentand atmospheric description of New Orleans (been there twice) and a moving account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. However there is a big BUT. The basic motive for the murders is nonsense and there is no need for this. I don't want to go further as it would reveal too much. The identity of the murderer is also absurd and again there is no need for this. I say this as the basic story is excellent and a simple motive of greed would have fitted in seemlessly. It is worth reading however there is the big BUT!
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3.0 out of 5 stars A strange little mystery... 18 Jun 2012
By Raven TOP 500 REVIEWER
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Detective Frank Patrese is back in this cracking follow-up to `Soul Murder' which sees him uprooted from his beloved Pittsburgh to join a FBI unit in sultry New Orleans. I can honestly say that this is one of the most multi-faceted serial killer thrillers I have read including (takes a deep breath)....the Asian tsunami, body dismorphia, voodoo, ethnic cleansing, Mayan legends, Hurricane Katrina...oh...and a goodly amount of gory murders. I must admit that I felt the flimsy tsunami opener surplus to requirements and added nothing to the plot. One environmental disaster was plenty and the story would have been none the worse for its exclusion. Blake's depiction of the seedy underbelly and voodoo heritage of New Orleans was exceptionally well-drawn and equally, the tense build-up to Hurricane Katrina and its horrific aftermath showed a deftness of touch. I will also say that I have not read any crime novel that used the largely un-addressed issue of body dismorphia as a plot device and this was fascinating and worked well within the overall plot-line. On the subject of character this novel more than establishes Frank Patrese as a credible character with just the right degree of toughness, morality and vulnerability and this bodes well for future outings. Overall, although the central plot-line was a little far-fetched, I found this a good read with just the right amount of twists and turns to keep me hooked and I shall certainly pick up the next one...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent book by Daniel Blake 17 Mar 2012
By David TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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City Of Sins is the second book by Daniel Blake. Like his previous book Soul Murder this book is set in New Orleans. The basic plot sees FBI agent Franco Patrese investigating the bizarre ritulastic murder of the PA to the city's richest men. What makes this killing even more intreaging is that only the day before she contacted Patrese requesting a secret meeting because she has information regarding a sinister conspiracy. Like Daniel Blake's previous book the plot mooves at a good pace with lots of twists and turns. The characters are nicely fleshed out and you can tell the author has a love for New Orleans - which makes a nice setting. So if you enjoy a good thriller then why not give City Of Sins a go.
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4.0 out of 5 stars new author
same for white death, loved the stories so far and so well written, looking forward to the next ones mx
Published 3 months ago by marje blair
3.0 out of 5 stars The welcome return of Boris Starling
in 1999 a book was released by a young British debut novellist Boris Starling which, to my mind, still ranks as one of the finest thrillers ever conceived, "Messiah". Read more
Published 12 months ago by M
3.0 out of 5 stars Slow start but pays to stick with it.
I found this book quite hard to get into with quite a slow start, but I felt that I should stick with it and by the end it turned out to be better than I first thought. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mark Booth
3.0 out of 5 stars Suspension of disbelief is difficult...
Seemingly like a number of reviewers of this book, I found it to be a decent enough read...albeit with a number of different reasons for not quite being able to recommend it... Read more
Published 14 months ago by IWFIcon
3.0 out of 5 stars Looking forward to the next book!
I had read Daniel Blake's "Soul Murder" and could not put it down so I was very much looking forward to reading "City of Sins". Read more
Published 16 months ago by Alison Petrie
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thrilling Read!
The book, City of Sins, was recommended by a friend and what an exciting and ingriguing novel it turned out to be, with many twists and turns throughout. Read more
Published 16 months ago by R. Rowlands
4.0 out of 5 stars Serial-killer-thriller with a voodoo twist
Set in New Orleans; City of Sins is the tale of FBI Agent Franco Patrese, a survivor of the Boxing Day Tsunami. Read more
Published 17 months ago by J. Morris
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent enough read
Here we meet FBI Agent Franco Patrese. The story seems to revolve around voodoo, a serial siller,and hurricane Katrina. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A. Douglas
2.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous motive and weak ending
This book started very well and carried on in good style for the first 300 and odd pages with the main theme being a cop and an FBI agent trying to catch a serial killer. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars It's an ill wind
Ex cop and new FBI agent Franco Patrese locates to New Orleans in the summer of 2010 and he finds himself caught up in the investigation of ritualistic murders where the victims... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Anthony Cattani
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