The Lasko Tangent – A Novel - Softcover

Patterson, Richard North

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393347230 ISBN 13: 9780393347234

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014

Synopsis

The investigation of a politically powerful industrialist; the death of a key witness; the corruption of a federal agency. These are the explosive elements facing cynical young government lawyer Christopher Paget as he embarks on a mission that will hurl him into a brutal world of murder, kidnapping, and deception. From its intriguing beginnings to its stunning climax, international best-selling author Richard North Patterson s first novel is a taut, gripping thriller about real people forced to face their inner fears and values."

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Review:

A terrific novelist.

One of the best in the business.

A real writer, a thriller, and a good story.

The intelligent reader's John Grisham.

Patterson is a natural storyteller who never breaks the thread of action.--Newgate Callendar

From the Back Cover:

One of the wealthiest, most powerful, best-connected men in America, William Lasko gets what he wants, when he wants it, whatever it takes to get it.

But now the Economic Crimes Commission wants the corrupt, untouchable Lasko brought down. Young, ambitious U.S. Attorney Christopher Paget is the man chosen to take on the job. To gather enough evidence against him without alienating Lasko's friends in the White House, Paget has to go by the book. But Lasko makes his own rules. And survival and elimination of his enemies are the most important of them all ...

The Lasko Tangent - the unstoppable thriller of one man's fight for justice, the man who became the hero of Richard North Patterson's international bestsellers Degree of Guilt and Eyes of A Child.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0393347230
• ISBN 13: 9780393347234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272