Under the Carib Sun (Adel Destin Book 2)

Under the Carib Sun (Adel Destin Book 2)

Thirteen years prior to <i>Under the Dixie Moon</i>, Adel Destin is far from rock bottom, and far from coming clean. In fact, the Manhattan-born dope smuggler is on top of his game. Or so he thinks.<br /><br />Barely escaping Marseille with his life, Adel lands on the Caribbean island of St. Barts, where he hopes to relax on the hot sand. But fate–and the inability to change his ways–lands him in hot water instead.<br /><br />Adel meets Seb, a local small-time drug-dealer looking to take his business to the next level, and Daphnée, a beautiful cocktail waitress who seems to instantly succumb to his bad boy charm. For a very short while, life in St. Barts is indeed paradise. Until Adel and Seb run afoul of the neighboring island’s main drug lord, and Daphnée turns out to have a secret agenda.<br /><br />Soon there’s blood on the white sand beaches, as Adel learns that life on St.Barts can be as cheap as in the meanest asphalt jungle.<br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR UNDER THE CARIB SUN:</b><br /><br />“At first glance, it's hard to see what sunny, decadent St. Barts has in common with Washington, D.C., but Cuzon's terrific novel is reminiscent of George Pelecanos's loving portraits of quotidian D.C. It tells the story of the people who choose to work and live in a place we think we know, with only glancing interest in the rich and powerful who make it their playground. Adel Destin is no innocent, but that's the point--violence washes over all the characters in this novel, sparing no one. I read it in two greedy sittings, but I feel as if I had the luxury of spending an entire season in St. Barts, albeit one the tourists never see.”<br />Laura Lippman<br /><br />“The story grabs the reader at the very beginning and doesn’t let go.”<br />Crimespree Magazine