The King of Lies [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Hart, John
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
About this Item
As new condition red boards with silver spine lettering, contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Dedication and Acknowledgments. Signed by the author with thin black pen on the blank first front endpaper. The lower right jacket front contains a small round sticker that states "Signed 1st Edition." "The King of Lies moves and reads like a book on fire.An amazing new talent." - Pat Conroy "A year after his mother's death and his father's mysterious disappearance, Jackson Workman Pickens - known to most as "Work" - is still fighting the fallout from his tortured past. His law practice is a shambles, a far cry from the legal empire that his father, Ezra Pickens, left in his care the day he vanished; his socialite wife, Barbara, is content to spend her days at the country club; and both Work and Barbara ignore the passionless nature of their failing marriage. Work's life is almost pleasantly unfulfilling. The discovery of Ezra's murdered body changes everything. Values are challenged, assumptions are questioned, and when the police learn of the vast fortune left in Ezra's wake, Work is no longer just a victim, he's a prime suspect - and so is his sister, Jean. While Work's life has been overshadowed by his powerful, domineering father, Jean's life has been all but destroyed by him. Yet as damaged as she may be, is she capable of patricide? Fearing the worst for Jean, Work launches his own investigation, crossing paths with a power-hungry detective, a string of damning evidence and the ugly rumors that swirl within his small and moneyed Southern town. As his sister comes undone, and the evidence against Work mounts, his longstanding emotional dam crumbles, and he must fight from beneath the torrent of secrets, lies, and childhood trauma that threatens to drown him. Desperate for the redemption that has eluded him for so many years and stripped of everything he once valued, he fights to save his sister, clear his name, and regain the love of the woman to whom he gave his heart so many years before. The King of Lies is a rare debut - a mystery wrapped in the Southern drawl of a humble North Carolina lawyer; it's both poignant and thrilling. John Hart's mastery of prose and plot belies his newcomer status as he explores the true heart of a man in this extraordinary anatomy of a murder and its ripple effect within a family and a community." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 002943
Bibliographic Details
Title: The King of Lies [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, ...
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Minotaur, New York
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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