The Book of Lies - Hardcover

Meltzer, Brad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 044657788X ISBN 13: 9780446577885

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Brad Meltzer--author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Fate--returns with his most thrilling and emotionally powerful novel to date.
In Chapter Four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail: the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost to history.

In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found.

Until now.

Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper comes face-to-face with his family's greatest secret: his long-lost father, who's been shot with a gun that traces back to Mitchell Siegel's 1932 murder. But before Cal can ask a single question, he and his father are attacked by a ruthless killer tattooed with the anicent markings of Cain. And so begins the chase for the world's first murder weapon.

What does Cain, history's greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world's greatest hero? And what do two murders, committed thousands of years apart, have in common? This is the mystery at the heart of Brad Meltzer's riveting and utterly intriguing new thriller

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Review:

Praise for Brad Meltzer (:)

This white-knuckle thriller portrays cybertheft in the banking world in a beguiling concoction that keeps you hooked from start to finish (The Irish Times on THE MILLIONAIRES)

Breakneck . . . an action-packed read (Mail on Sunday on DEAD EVEN)

'This is non-stop, well researched action that does not insult the intelligence. The scenarios are credible, the tension excruciating and the ending slaps you in the face.' (Guardian on THE ZERO GAME)

'This is a confident, character-driven, unpretentious, old-school thriller' (Daily Telegraph on THE BOOK OF FATE)

Book Description:

Fascinating and inventive mingling of historical and religious conspiracies in the new thriller by the author of the Number One New York Times bestseller THE BOOK OF FATE

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 044657788X
• ISBN 13: 9780446577885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336