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A novel. Erotic, drug-ridden and violent, the story of Renata and her male and female lovers takes the reader into the heart of South Beach, Miami, where no one is surprised to find a friendly python or a "torture box" in the line of work for a hooker. Her search for love is strewn with body parts, but not through evil intent. Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist, 2008, published by Serpent's Tail, U.K. 2007.
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Vicki Hendricks lives in Hollywood, Florida, where she teaches English and creative writing. She is a fan of dangerous sports: she took up sky-diving to research her latest book.
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Renata-called Rennie by friends, lovers, and people who pay her for sex, which is to say just about everyone in Miami Beach-doesn't so much like living dangerously as she likes doing fun things that happen to be dangerous. One of those fun things is Richard, an English professor who's risking his marriage by continuing to see Rennie but just can't help himself. Her reckless allure has also captivated her colleague Francisco and her next door neighbor Julie, who eavesdrops on Rennie's exploits and struggles to turn them into the great American novel. The blood, lust and drama are vivid and visceral, but Hendricks is so determined to avoid trite lessons and happy endings that she fails to assemble any kind of ending at all, relying instead on entropy and disaster to bring her story stumbling to a halt. These exquisitely developed characters deserve better. As Hendricks refines her hallmark noir style, perhaps she'll get a better handle on which clichés are worth keeping.
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- PublisherWinona Woods
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0990536521
- ISBN 13 9780990536529
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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