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"9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark. Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of re-building, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little maternal blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town where the local economy thrives on nostalgia for ante-bellum Texas - and some of the era's racial attitudes still thrive as well. Levi's disappearance has links to Darren's last case, and to a wealthy businesswoman, the boy's grandmother, who seems more concerned about the fate of her business than that of her grandson. Darren has to battle centuries-old suspicions and prejudices, as well as threats that have been reignited in the current political climate, as he races to find the boy, and to save himself."--Provided by publisher.

Alto, corpulento, con barba y melena, sombrero de ala ancha y botas de cowboy, el texano Roy Cody lleva unos años ejerciendo de matón profesional en Nueva Orleans. Roy es un tipo tranquilo, comprensivo, capaz de ver el lado filosófico de las cosas, lo cual no le impide ser implacable cuando la ocasión lo requiere. Pero su vida da un giro radical el día que le diagnostican un cáncer avanzado. De pronto, sus puntos de referencia se trastocan, y el relieve de la realidad cobra una nueva dimensión. Ante la sospecha de que su jefe, el poderoso extorsionador Stan Ptitko, quiere quitárselo de encima, Roy se despoja de sus ataduras e inicia una frenética carrera hacia un horizonte desconocido, donde su encuentro fortuito con una joven desamparada le brindará, tal vez, la ocasión de darle un nuevo sentido a su existencia. El brillante debut como novelista de Nic Pizzolatto —creador de la exitosa serie «True Detective»— es un relato sórdido y poético, violento y lírico, salvaje y conmovedor. Al mismo tiempo canónica y heterodoxa, Galveston supone un salto adelante que rompe los moldes de lo establecido con una historia trepidante, ambientada en paisajes desolados y protagonizada por personajes que huyen pese a saberse condenados, antihéroes que lo han perdido todo excepto la dignidad. Sencillamente, una novela magistral que trasciende el género policíaco para situarse como una obra narrativa de excelencia.

From high in the house that stands on the hill, young Meridia watches her stern father Gabriel, disappear off into a mist each night and her proud mother speaking to her pots and pans in strange language ... A haunting and mythical debut from a major new literary talent.