Windward Passage

From the writer whose work has been called ���ruly, hellishly gritty���(Los Angeles Times) comes a gnarled mystery with shades of Philip K. Dick and James Ellroy

Jim Nisbet is a cult favorite in Europe and it�'s easy to see why. He�'s ��� lot more than just good . . . his style has overtones of Walker Percy�' s smooth southern satin, but his characters���osers, grifters, con men���ark back to the days of James M. Cain�'s twisted images of morality,���writes the Toronto Globe-Mail. In the tradition of Jim Thompson and Damon Runyon, Jim Nisbet is too good to miss and Windward Passage is a masterpiece that raises the bar even for a master like Nisbet.

In the parallel near-future, a ship named for a jellyfish sinks into the Caribbean with its captain chained to the mast. Left behind is a logbook missing ten pages, presidential DNA hidden in a brick of smuggled cocaine, and a nearly-completed novel. Tipsy, the dead sailor�' s sister, and Red Means, his erstwhile employer, travel from San Francisco to the Caribbean and back as they attempt to unravel a mystery that rapidly widens from death at sea to international conspiracy.

With verve and humor to match the Illuminati Trilogy, Nesbitt has fashioned an engaging facsimile of our modern world, albeit with snappier dialogue, amped-up technology, and even more clearly stated political prejudices. ���either Norman Mailer nor Truman Capote has in their writing been able to produce such an intensity as Nisbet has achieved,���writes Germany�'s Die Welt. Pick up Windward Passage and see why.

Praise for the work of Jim Nisbet
���ure, Nisbet breaks all the rules, but that�'s really the whole point. His novels are the literary equivalent of road trips, and a good road trip follows no map.������Booklist

���im Nisbet�'s power of suggestion . . . seduces the imagination without churning the stomach.������i>Wichita Times-Record

���isbet�'s prose drives and sparkles as it takes the reader into a world without morality or ethics.������i>San Antonio Express-News