KING OF SWORDS

Miami, 1980. The cop: Det. Max Mingus, barely keeping his head above the filth. The corpse: decomposed, with a tarot card in its bloated belly. The bloody trail: six more bodies at the victim''s house The suspect: fork-tongued crimelord Solomon Boukman, king of the streets. In a city rife with drugs, voodoo and corruption, finding the truth and protecting the good guys from the bad is almost impossible. The closer Max gets to Solomon Boukman, teh more he finds himself in his power. And once Boukman has a hold of you, he never, ever lets go. ''A cracking opening. . . with many turns and twists. A powerful and original story.'' - Independent