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by Adrian McKinty (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail (22 April 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 1846687411
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846687419
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Cuban-American thriller from the author of The Bloomsday Dead

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Cuban cop Mercado has a score to settle, on behalf of a deadbeat dad, a 'traitor' who skipped free from Castro's control to set up a new life working illegally in Colorado. He settled in a ski resort popular with the Hollywood set, where the facade is maintained by the immigrant cleaners and labourers who work for below minimum wage while the local sheriff is bribed to turn a blind eye. Hernandez Sr's dreams of fortune and freedom came to a swift end when he was killed in a hit-and-run accident. Sworn to avenge his death, Mercado has some obstacles to overcome - not least getting out of Cuba, where visas are as elusive as constant electricity. Switching back and forth between heat-soaked Havana and the icy luxury of the mountainside resort, Fifty Grand is an audacious thriller from an acknowledged talent - and an incendiary debut for a new hero.
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5.0 out of 5 stars On thin ice, 27 April 2009
By A. Giles (Cheshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fifty Grand: A Novel of Suspense (Hardcover)
There is only one bad thing about discovering a wonderful, new (to me) author, and that is that I've got to find the time to read everything else he or she has written. Fifty Grand was my first Adrian McKinty novel, but it won't be the last. I'd heard plenty of praise for Fifty Grand, so expected it to be OK. It's more than OK!

Set in both Cuba and in Colorado and Wyoming, the story is about Cuban police detective Mercado, who sneaks into the US as an illegal immigrant, in order to find out the truth behind the death of her father in Colorado, six months earlier.

There's plenty of violence here, but above all, it's about Detective Mercado finding not just her father's killer, but finding herself. The reader gets interesting insight into the lives of the rich and famous in a ski resort in Colorado, as well as the drab ordinary life Mercado has temporarily left behind in Havana. And reading about what it's like for the illegal Latino workers in the US is a real eye opener.

Adrian McKinty is good at coming up with interesting characters, whether we like them or not. I particularly liked the man who sells weapons, and the pesky youth from Nicaragua. And I wouldn't mind knowing how he researched the shoving of dead people around on thin ice.

It's a cliché, but this was a hard book to put down. Read it! You won't be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fierce novel!, 19 Aug 2009
By R. Beresford (London) - See all my reviews
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I have only recently 'discovered' Adrian McKinty and this is the first of his books I have read and the fourth he has had published. I thought I'd try it out and started reading on Monday - on Tuesday I ordered all three of his other books. I'm not even a big fan of crime novels but I love the way he writes and the characterisation is so strong. I totally recommend this book not only to lovers of crime and mystery but essentially to anybody who enjoys story-telling done exceptionally well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A real belter, this!, 29 April 2009
By M. Stone (Staffordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fifty Grand: A Novel of Suspense (Hardcover)
A lot of Adrian McKinty fans will be wondering if Fifty Grand is as good as the Michael Forsythe books (the Dead trilogy), and the answer is yes. All the pancache, wit and tension you have come to expect from an Adrian McKinty book is here in this standalone novel. The protagonist is ballsy and resourceful, and the settings never less than 100% real -- whether it's the Colorado hideaway for Hollywood stars or the grim street of Havana, Cuba, McKinty will make you feel like you've been there. And the ending is probably the best of any of his books. Fifty Grand is a belter of a book.
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