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Man Who Turned Both Cheeks : A Novel by Gillian Royes (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Jamaica is the picturesque background for this explosive novel about love, fear, and intolerance, the second in Gillian Royes’s mystery series featuring charming and charismatic bartender-turned-detective Shad.

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PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-101451627432

ISBN-139781451627435

eBay Product ID (ePID)113519818

Product Key Features

Book TitleMan Who Turned both Cheeks : a Novel

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / General, African American / Mystery & Detective

Publication Year2012

GenreFiction

AuthorGillian Royes

Book SeriesA Shadrack Myers Mystery Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-052423

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Royes's strong sequel to her fiction debut, 2011's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay , deepens the character of Shad Meyers . . . . in this sensitive, thought-provoking novel." - Publishers Weekly, Royes' Jamaica is lush, stormy and stronger than the rum punch cocktails that Shad pours over ice., "An irresistable character is born in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay and Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the island in this smart debut." -Jamaican.com, Praise for Gillian Royes's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay : "Strong characters and vivid descriptive passages." --Kirkus Reviews "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." -- New York Journal of Books "A first class detective story . . . . impossible to put down." - Pearl Cleage, author of Just Wanna Testify "Gillian Royes weaves beautiful story." --Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo "An irresistable character is born in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay and Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the island in this smart debut." --Jamaican.com, Praise for Gillian Royes's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay : "Strong characters and vivid descriptive passages." -Kirkus Reviews "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." - New York Journal of Books A first class detective story . . . . impossible to put down. Pearl Cleage, author of Just Wanna Testify "Gillian Royes weaves beautiful story." -Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo "An irresistable character is born in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay and Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the island in this smart debut." -Jamaican.com, "A first class detective story . . . . impossible to put down." Pearl Cleage, author of Just Wanna Testify, "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." - New York Journal of Books, Royes's strong sequel to her fiction debut, 2011's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay , deepens the character of Shad Meyers . . . . in this sensitive, thought-provoking novel. Publishers Weekly, "Gillian Royes weaves beautiful story." -Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo, Praise for Gillian Royes's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay : "Strong characters and vivid descriptive passages." -Kirkus Reviews "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." - New York Journal of Books "A first class detective story . . . . impossible to put down." Pearl Cleage, author of Just Wanna Testify "Gillian Royes weaves beautiful story." -Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo "An irresistable character is born in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay and Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the island in this smart debut." -Jamaican.com, Praise for Gillian Royes's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay : "Strong characters and vivid descriptive passages." --Kirkus Reviews "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." -- New York Journal of Books "A first class detective story . . . . impossible to put down." - Pearl Cleage, author of Just Wanna Testify "Gillian Royes weaves beautiful story." --Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo "An irresistable character is born in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay and Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the island in this smart debut." --Jamaican.com, Praise for Gillian Royes's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay : "Strong characters and vivid descriptive passages." -Kirkus Reviews "The writing in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay is poetic at times and the plotting of the story is more literary in its approach but still leads to a tense climax that will have the reader engrossed to the end." - New York Journal of Books "A first class detective story . . . . impossible to put down." - Pearl Cleage, author of Just Wanna Testify "Gillian Royes weaves beautiful story." -Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo "An irresistable character is born in The Goat Woman of Largo Bay and Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the island in this smart debut." -Jamaican.com, "Royes's strong sequel to her fiction debut, 2011's The Goat Woman of Largo Bay , deepens the character of Shad Meyers . . . . in this sensitive, thought-provoking novel." Publishers Weekly

Series Volume Number2

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisJamaica is the picturesque background for this explosive novel about love, fear, and intolerance, the second in Gillian Royes's mystery series featuring charming and charismatic bartender-turned-detective Shad. PICTURESQUE AND IMPOVERISHED Largo Bay is the background for this explosive novel about love and fear, the second in Gillian Royes's mystery series featuring Shad, a Jamaican bartender-detective. With the arrival of Joseph, estranged son of Eric, the bar's owner, hopes for the village's future come alive but are soon to be threatened. Janna, who has returned to the island, falls for Joseph's good looks and charm, but she isn't the only one with an eye for this mysterious man. As questions about Joseph's sexuality arise, Shad struggles with protecting the survival of his beloved birthplace amid the deeply ingrained culture of intolerance that surrounds him. What it means to be a man and a father raises questions within the bartender's own home, as his longtime love, Beth, pressures him to make a commitment. In a land where religion is strong, but life is cheap and violence is often the answer, what will it take for Shad to protect Eric and his family? In this truth-telling sequel to The Goat Woman of Largo Bay, the village must confront its own darkness or lose a bright future., Jamaica is the picturesque background for this explosive novel about love, fear, and intolerance, the second in Gillian Royes's mystery series featuring charming and charismatic bartender-turned-detective Shad. With the arrival of Joseph, estranged son of Eric, the bar's owner, hopes for the village's future come alive but are soon to be threatened. Janna, who has returned to the island, falls for Joseph's good looks and charm, but she isn't the only one with an eye for this mysterious man. As questions about Joseph's sexuality arise, Shad struggles with protecting the survival of his beloved birthplace amid the deeply ingrained culture of intolerance that surrounds him. What it means to be a man and a father raises questions within Shad's own home, as his longtime love, Beth, pressures him to make a commitment. In a land where religion is strong, but life is cheap and violence is often the answer, what will it take for Shad to protect Eric and his family? In this truth-telling sequel to The Goat Woman of Largo Bay, the village must confront its own darkness or lose a bright future.

LC Classification NumberPS3618.O92M36 2012