NEW REVIEW – The Ragged End of Nowhere

Posted on November 18th, 2009

The Ragged End of Nowhere by Roy Chaney

Minotaur / Hardcover / $24.99

ISBN 978-0-312-58253-6

10 November 2009

When The Ragged End of Nowhere opens, former CIA agent Bodo Hagen has returned from Germany to Las Vegas just in time to attend his murdered brother ’s graveside interment. Now, with virtually no clues to follow, Hagen is determined to take revenge on whoever killed his brother.

Quicker than you can say “Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon,” Hagen finds out that his brother (a tarnished veteran of the French Foreign Legion) had been trying to sell a valuable, mysterious artifact. As Hagen’s brother learns too late, more than a few people are interested in laying claim to the apparently purloined dingus, and those people are more than willing to commit murder.

So, as Hagen retraces his brother’s final movements in southern Nevada, the body count in Las Vegas escalates, and the hardened and haunted Hagen encounters police officers with singular agenda, shady fences interested in fast money, paranoid casino owners eager to avenge past, questionable antique dealers with dodgy motives, and plenty of blood-thirsty mercenaries.

Before the fast-paced narrative of The Ragged End of Nowhere explodes in its pulse-pounding conclusion, Hagen—if he can stay alive—stands (like the novel’s readers) poised to make some remarkable discoveries. As winner of the prestigious Tony Hillerman Prize, Roy Chaney’s gritty noir mystery is a superb debut novel. Enjoy!

Tags: Antique Dealers, Bodo, Body Count, Casino Owners, Chaney, Cia Agent, Dashiell Hammett, Debut Novel, Dingus, Escalates, French Foreign Legion, Graveside, Interment, Maltese Falcon, Minotaur, Mysterious Artifact, Noir Mystery, Remarkable Discoveries, Southern Nevada, Tony Hillerman
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