Cocaine Nights by J. G. Ballard

Cocaine Nights

by J. G. Ballard

Flamingo, HarperCollins, 1997, ISBN 0006550649, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, age toned pages, no inscriptions, creasing to covers (see photographs)

“Five people die in an unexplained housefire in the Spanish resort of Estrella de Mar, an exclusive enclave for the rich, retired British, centred around the thriving Club Nautico.  The manager of the club, Frank Prentice, pleads guilty to charges of murder, yet not even the police believe him.  When his brother Charles arrives to unravel the truth, he gradually discovers that behind the resort’s civilised façade lurks a secret world of crime, drugs and illicit sex….”