num_pages: 328
description: The setting for Cocaine Nights is the Costa del Sol and the stylish resort of Estrella de Mar. Into the queasy beauty of this artificial environment steps Charles Prentice, a travel writer from London who has come to visit his brother Frank, manager of the resort's Club Nautico.Frank is in jail, having confessed to setting an explosive fire that has taken five lives. Certain that the confession was coerced, Charles launches his own investigation. As he allows himself to be drawn further into Estrella de Mar's dark underworld, this explosive novel accelerates toward a disturbing climax.
language: English
title: Cocaine nights
titlecomplete: Cocaine nights
characters: Inspector Cabrera, Dr Paula Hamilton, Charles Prentice, David Hennessy, Elizabeth Shand, Bobby Crawford, Frank Prentice
genres: Literature, Fiction, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller, Dystopia, 20th Century, British Literature, Novels, Mystery
ratings_count: 5991
places: Costa del Sol
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Flamingo