City Of Lies - Hardcover

Ellory, R.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0752873660 ISBN 13: 9780752873664

Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2006

Synopsis

John Harper has always been alone. His mother died when he was just seven years old and he was raised in New York by an aunt he barely knew. He never even made his father's acquaintance - a man who died shortly after he was born. After leaving the Big Apple as soon as he was old enough, his life consisted of one moderately successful book, a collection affectionately received newspaper columns and a comfortable existence in Miami. But then all that changed. One liquor store heist that goes wrong turns John's existence on its head. It seems that his father didn't die all those years ago - in fact, he has thrived in the New York underworld. But now the man himself lies critically injured in a Manhattan hospital and it's time for father and son to meet at last. But this is just the start. For it seems that John's father was working on something when he got caught in the heist - something very big indeed. And powerful people all over the city want in on it. The only problem is that the only person with the key to it is John...

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About the Author

R.J. Ellory is the author of twenty novels published by Orion UK, and his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He has won sixteen international literary awards including the Quebec Booksellers' Prize, the Livre De Poche Award, the Strand Magazine Novel of The Year, the Mystery Booksellers of America Award, the Inaugural Nouvel Observateur Prize, the Quebec Laureat, the Prix Du Roman Noir, the Plume d'Or for Thriller Internationale 2016, the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year, both the St. Maur and Villeneuve Readers' Prizes, the Balai d'Or 2016, and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs on two occasions. He has been shortlisted for two Barrys, the 813 Trophy, the European Du Point, and five Crime Writers' Association UK awards.

Among other projects, he is the guitarist and vocalist of The Whiskey Poets, and has recently completed the band's third album. His musical compositions have been featured in films and television programmes in more than forty countries. He has four television series and two films in pre-production, and has recently started work on the French film adaptation of A Quiet Belief in Angels.

To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory

Edition details

• Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752873660
• ISBN 13: 9780752873664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416