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Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon is a noir, darkly comedic caper set in current time but written as a 1950's hard-boiled suspense thriller. The central plot is a series of age-old cons playing out in real time. The reader isn't sure who to trust. Is our stylish heroine an unreliable narrator? One thing's for sure ? she's got a backbone of steel. What about her sister? Is she a killer with a fondness for nose candy? And you don't want to mess with the mob boss antagonist, Vincenzo Esposito, gangster, whose love for the murder photographer, Weegee finds its way into his business dealings. Greed drives the stakes higher and higher, complicated by sibling rivalry, doomed love affairs and unresolved parental cruelty.

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?Lisa de Nikolits has done it again! Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon is finely crafted modern day noir fiction starring Jessica Wren: a sassy, vintage loving fashionista who works as a janitor by night and dreams big dreams by day. When she becomes a powerful mobster's mistress, Jessica finds herself thrust into a world that's as dangerous as it is glamorous. Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon has all of the thrills of your favorite gangster movie (including a tough, gun toting mama to rival Cagney's mother in White Heat) but with a feminist twist. Tired of being a bird in a gilded cage, Jessica blows the cage wide open in this exciting tale of reinvention and one woman's quest for independence. The reader will cheer Jessica on every step of the way!? ? Heather Babcock, author of Filthy Sugar ?Gangster fantasies, a very odd sibling dynamic, dysfunctional families, and a film-noir-tough-talking- molls-and-mobsters vibe all come into play in Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon, a new novel by Lisa de Nikolits that keeps the reader guessing about the next unexpected development. Engrossing, engaging and strongly recommended.? ?Nate Hendley, author of The Beatle Bandit

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Originally from South Africa, Lisa de Nikolits is an award-winning author who has been hailed as ?the Queen of Canadian speculative fiction? (All Lit Up) and her short fiction and poetry have been published in various international anthologies and journals including the Crime Writers of Canada's 40th Anniversary anthology (2022). She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Philosophy, and has lived in the US, Australia and Britain. Previous works include The Hungry Mirror, West of Wawa, A Glittering Chaos, Witchdoctor's Bones, The Rage Room and Everything You Dream is Real. Lisa lives and writes in Toronto.

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