Black Sand

by William J. Caunitz

Book Overview

A brutal machine gun massacre at a seaside resort kicks off a deadly hunt for a priceless ancient artifact. And while NYPD detective Teddy Lucas chases searing love and Greek cop Andreas Vassos... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517571323
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Crown
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Black Sand...

An apparently random massacre at a quiet Greek seaside resort by two American gunmen launches a relentless search for a legendary treasure, an artifact literally beyond price. BLACK SAND is the story of the unlikely collaboration between Detective Lieutenant Teddy Lucas, who runs a squad of earthy, quirky New York street cops, and Major Andreas Vassos of the Hellenic National Police, a man bent on recovering his nation's loss -- and revenging his own. With the aid of a KGB liasion man and a beautiful curator of ancient manuscripts, Vassos and Lucas follow the twisted threads that lead from the blood-soaked village square in Greece to the rarefied world of multimillionaire collectors and shadowy underworld traffickers in stolen art objects. BLACK SAND is also the story of a love affair that transforms Teddy Lucas's life, and the forging of a friendship that will lead to his liberation from a haunted past. With absolute assurance, William J. Caunitz moves his characters through layer upon layer -- both straight and crooked -- of New York and Athens. He brings to life the secret corners of these two great cities, drawing on the arcane and fascinating knowledge that policemen acquire about the two worlds that coexist in all civilized societies where laws maintain a fragile barrier between prey and predator. When that barrier is broken, William Caunitz takes the reader into a world that only cops know about and seldom discuss. This compelling, high-speed narrative will capture and hold the reader's attention from the opening pages of Black Sand to its explosive climax.

FANTASTIC

This is the first book I have read from this author and am now Hooked!! It was as If i could sense just what was happening to the caracters but still ws not sure of the true agenda off each . It was as If I was actually in those places after the crimes took place. It made we read non stop. He is an exceptional author and hope to find more on this author.

KEEPS YOU IN TURNING PAGES AND KEEPING YOU IN SUSPENCE.

THIS STORY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL THAT KEEPS YOU IN TURNING PAGES AND KEEPING YOU IN SUSPENCE. THAT BRINGS TO LIFE TWO HARDENED STREET DETECTIVES. DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT TEDDY LUCAS IS THE HEAD OF A SQUAD OF THE NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVES. ANDREAS VASSOS IS A VETERAN GREEK COP THAT FOLLOWS JUSTICE AND A NEED FOR VENGEANCE TO THOSE WHO BRAKE THE LAW. THIS TWO DETECTIVES ARE UNITED TO BE AS UNLIKELY PARTNERS. TRYING TO SOLVE AN UNUSUAL CASE THAT WOULD GET THEM TO CRASH THEIR CAREERS. BOTH OF THEM WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS. LUCAS SEARING LOVE AND VASSOS WITH AN OBSESSIVE PASSION TO JUSTICE. BUT WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER THEY MAKE THE PERFECT COUPLE BRINGING DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS TO THE WORD DETECTIVE OR COP. MAKING US TO LOOK AT THEM WITH RESPECT AND HONOR THEIR BRAVENESS OF WHAT THEY ENCOUNTER EVERY SIGLE DAY OF THEIR LONG, MYSTERIOUS, AND POWERFUL LIFE. BOTH DETECTIVES HAVING TO GO EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THEIR LIFE BEING AWARE OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR BACKS. BUT THEY WON'T STOP FIGHTING, SEARCHING, AND THINKING FOR THEIR ONLY PURPOSE, SOLVE THE CASE. THIS STORY IS FAST PACED, ACTION PACKED THAT WILL BLOW UP YOUR IMAGINATION AND MAKE YOU THINK INTELLIGENTLY OF THE WORLD WE LIVE ON. WILLIAM J. CAUNITZ IS AN INTELLIGENT WRITER THAT USES HIS TWENTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO ABSORB YOU IN HIS STORY AND BRINGS TO LIFE THIS TWO DETECTIVES THAT MAKE THIS STORY AN INCREDIBLE STORY.