by Simon Kernick · Livraria Civilização Editora · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722623698
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«Contas à Morte» is the crime novel by Simon Kernick, published by Livraria Civilização Editora in paperback (296 pages, in Portuguese).
A London detective sergeant poses as a hitman and dispenses his own justice. When he discovers his latest victims were not traffickers but customs officials and an accountant, his colleagues and his client put him in their sights. As he investigates the murder of a young prostitute, double lives and secrets come to light.
Contas à Morte is the first installment in Simon Kernick's Dennis Milne series. The novel was originally published as The Business of Dying in 2002.
A work for readers of noir and police thrillers who enjoy ambiguous antiheroes and plots of double lives.
Simon Kernick is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters. Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Whilst he was a student his jobs included fruit-picker and Christmas-tree uprooter. He graduated from Brighton Polytechnic in 1991 with a degree in humanities.
