Crime of Fashion

By José Latour

Latour’s first novel since his immigration to Canada is a tale of heart-stopping action, deceit, and desperation that sees Elliot Steil race from Miami to Toronto to rescue a fashion model from her kidnappers

In Latour's latest novel Jenny Scheindlin, an ex-New York fashion model and daughter of Steil's former boss, has been kidnapped. The abductors choose Steil as intermediary in the negotiations to free her. Two Israeli agents formulate a devious plan to get the ransom to Toronto and bring Jenny home. But Steil is standing on quaking terrain, where nothing is as it seems, and no one can be trusted. Are the kidnappers members of the Islamic Army of Canada as they claim, or is Jenny the victim of an elaborate conspiracy? Is Steil himself a hero on a mission or a patsy who's walked right into a trap? As he tries to stay calm and one step ahead of a frightening and unknown nemesis, a noose is tightening around Steil's neck.

Crime of Fashion’s serpentine story and its mix of mystery, international espionage, and deceit make it a nail-biter. Latour is a master of suspense and surprises, and he’s writing at the top of his considerable powers in Crime of Fashion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Mar 12, 2010
• ISBN: 9781551993621

José Latour

José Latour was born in Havana, Cuba, where he won his first literary prize aged thirteen. He has been writing crime fiction and thrillers for thirty five years, and has travelled extensively in the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, Canada and Mexico. He is now the vice president of the Latin American division of the International Association of Crime Writers.