num_pages: 336
description: Club Nautico is an exclusive Spanish resort for the rich, retired British. After five people die in an unexplained house fire, club manager Frank Prentice pleads guilty-but nobody believes him, least of all the police. When Frank's brother Charles arrives, intent on unravelling the mystery, gradually he uncovers the secret world behind the resort's civilized image.
language: English
title: Cocaine Nights
titlecomplete: Cocaine Nights
characters: Bobby Crawford, Inspector Cabrera, Frank Prentice, Charles Prentice, Elizabeth Shand, David Hennessy, Dr Paula Hamilton
genres: 20th Century, Thriller, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Crime, Literature, British Literature, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 5986
places: Costa del Sol
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Counterpoint