Fortune Favors the Dead

by Stephen Spotswood

Book Overview

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, Fortune Favors the Dead introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages.

"Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own."--Tana French, bestselling author of The Searcher

It's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385546556
• ISBN13: 9780385546553
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Quite possibly the best crime solving duo since Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

An absolutely phenomenal book. Rarely do we find a hard boiled noir mystery novel where instead of the classic masculine detective, we instead have two strong women leading the story. One a brilliant P.I. battling multiple sclerosis and the other, who serves as the narrator for the story, a former circus member with an almost equally keen mind. Both characters are beautifully written and have an amazing amount of depth to them and feel so real and all to relatable. The mystery is full of unexpected twists and turns and amazing characters that nearly kept me unable to put the book down at all. I eagerly await my copy of book #2, eager to delve into the next, of hopefully many, Pentecost and Parker mysteries.