MIAMI PURITY The "modern noir masterpiece" is now back in print! Hot and scrappy Sherri Parlay gives up her life of depravity, and with best intentions, finds a respectable job as a dry cleaner in hopes for a decent future. But nature and nurture plot against her when she meets the beautiful, tortured, and rich young Payne, who tempts her with the love and life she never thought possible. Even Brenda, Payne's domineering mother, can't keep the lovers apart when Sherri's animal passions take control. Unfortunately, Payne is not only a different kind of man from those in Sherri's past, he's worse than any on her list of sordid affairs. Twisted psychology and a pure heart lead her into the dark realm of disillusionment and crime, where she reaches into her deepest reserves for the strength to survive. This contemporary noir novel is reminiscent of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, with a heavy dose of sexual realism that Cain might have enjoyed if his times would have allowed. Rights Information Publisher: Minerva, Paperback (January 27, 1997) Busted Flush Press, Paperback (May 1, 2007) Territory: North American Rights Available: Translation; Film/TV Reviews: "[Vicki Hendricks] does it in a voice that's all her own: matter-of-fact yet outrageously funny, grotesque yet discordantly tender. This is no ordinary first novel." - Booklist "A cracked hymn to American trash culture." - New York Times Book Review Blurbs: "Sex and murder, sunny places and shady people...MIAMI PURITY is a modern noir masterpiece." --New York Times best-seller Michael Connelly "Shocking and supercharged, both reverent and original, this is the novel that amped up a new generation of noir writers." - George Pelecanos, New York Times best-seller "MIAMI PURITY might make you think of James M. Cain's ultra-noir THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE...but Vicki Hendricks is a lot sexier." - Barbara Parker, New York Times best-seller Purchase at Amazon.com

MIAMI PURITY

The "modern noir masterpiece" is now back in print! Hot and scrappy Sherri Parlay gives up her life of depravity, and with best intentions, finds a respectable job as a dry cleaner in hopes for a decent future. But nature and nurture plot against her when she meets the beautiful, tortured, and rich young Payne, who tempts her with the love and life she never thought possible. Even Brenda, Payne's domineering mother, can't keep the lovers apart when Sherri's animal passions take control. Unfortunately, Payne is not only a different kind of man from those in Sherri's past, he's worse than any on her list of sordid affairs.

Twisted psychology and a pure heart lead her into the dark realm of disillusionment and crime, where she reaches into her deepest reserves for the strength to survive. This contemporary noir novel is reminiscent of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, with a heavy dose of sexual realism that Cain might have enjoyed if his times would have allowed.

Rights Information

Publisher: Minerva, Paperback (January 27, 1997)
Busted Flush Press, Paperback (May 1, 2007)

Territory: North American

Rights Available: Translation; Film/TV

Reviews:
"[Vicki Hendricks] does it in a voice that's all her own: matter-of-fact yet outrageously funny, grotesque yet discordantly tender. This is no ordinary first novel." - Booklist

"A cracked hymn to American trash culture." - New York Times Book Review

Blurbs:
"Sex and murder, sunny places and shady people...MIAMI PURITY is a modern noir masterpiece." --New York Times best-seller Michael Connelly

"Shocking and supercharged, both reverent and original, this is the novel that amped up a new generation of noir writers." - George Pelecanos, New York Times best-seller

"MIAMI PURITY might make you think of James M. Cain's ultra-noir THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE...but Vicki Hendricks is a lot sexier." - Barbara Parker, New York Times best-seller

Purchase at Amazon.com