Book description
With no role in sight and nothing to lose, actor Lou Galloway leaves Los Angeles and heads to Mexico to drown his sorrows in cheap mezcal. But, after a round too many, he soon ends up at a grandiose wedding in the mansion of internationally wanted crime lord, Diego Flores,…
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We first meet Lou Galloway in a bar in Mexico.
Lou is a ‘scorned dreamer’ chewed up and spat out from an acting career in L.A. But when he shares a drink with a stranger wearing a fedora hat; this seemingly chance encounter sets Lou on the adventure of a lifetime. Mistaken for a rogue assassin known as ‘El Flamingo’, he is swept into a dangerous world of Latin-American espionage, where he only has his wits to survive.
El Flamingo is a perfectly crafted sunset-noir novel that engages from the opening page to the satisfying conclusion. Lour Galloway is an…
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