The Widow's Hotel - Softcover

Lane, Victor

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798231175628

Verlag: Victor Lane, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Jack Teller wants to disappear. A war-scarred ex-Marine with too many ghosts and not enough future, he lands in the Nevada desert at a decaying roadside refuge called the Widow's Hotel. But what begins as a search for solitude becomes something far more sinister. Behind the bar, the elusive Widow watches all. In the smoke-choked common room, drifters whisper, gamblers bluff, and a suitcase full of cash lies beside a corpse in Room 212. When Jack stumbles into the aftermath of a brutal murder, he's thrust into a deadly spiral of secrets, deception, and a military conspiracy buried beneath sand and silence. With danger closing in, and everyone a suspect-including the Widow herself-Jack must confront his past to survive the present. Because in this place, nothing stays hidden forever. Noir-drenched and relentless, Victor Lane's debut grips like a desert heatwave and never lets go.

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Victor Lane crafts noir tales that blur the line between the haunted and the hunted. Known for his evocative prose and emotionally complex characters, Lane dives deep into the psychological undercurrents of crime, corruption, and redemption. His debut novel, Dead Quiet, introduced readers to Eddie Vance, a deaf private investigator navigating the shadowy back alleys of 1950s Chicago-a city where silence can kill, and the truth hides behind every whispered lie. With The Widow's Hotel, Lane brings a new protagonist into focus: Jack Teller, a war-worn drifter pulled into a web of murder and mystery in the sun-bleached Nevada desert. Lane's work explores the cost of secrets and the moral ambiguity of justice. His upcoming novel, Ashes in the Rain, promises a return to gritty, conspiracy-laced storytelling, following insurance investigator Harland Avery as he confronts arson, occult symbolism, and institutional rot in a city on the brink of collapse. Whether he's chronicling jazz-soaked murders or uncovering ancient cults hidden in urban decay, Victor Lane delivers atmospheric, unflinching crime fiction with heart, grit, and an unmistakable voice.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Victor Lane
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798231175628
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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