From the masterful New York Times bestselling and two-time Edgar Award-winning author of The Last Child and Down River, comes this tour de force of murder and the dark ripples it sends through a man, his family and community.

Jackson Workman Pickens--known to most as Work--mindlessly holds together his life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife, and a fragile sister, Jean, damaged by the shared past they've endured.
And then Ezra's body is discovered.
Set to inherit his father's fortune, Work becomes a prime suspect. But so does Jean. Fearing the worst, 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, moneyed Southern town. Desperate for the redemption that has eluded him for so many years and stripped of everything he once valued, Work 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.

Praise for King of Lies:
The King of Lies moves and reads like a book on fire. ---Pat Conroy

Grisham-style intrigue and Turow-style brooding. --New York Times

[An] ambitious debut thriller...a gripping performance. --People Magazine
Compares favorably to the best of Scott Turow --Publishers Weekly (starred)

A striking new talent. --Entertainment Weekly

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	464
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Minotaur Books
Fecha de Publicación	2011-02-01
Dimensiones	8.29" x 5.53" x 1.17" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	Carolina del Norte, Atlántico Sur, Pequeño Pueblo, Sudeste de EE.UU.

Hart, John

John Hart is the New York Times bestselling author of The King of Lies, Down River, The Last Child, Iron House, Redemption Road, and The Hush. The only author in history to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel consecutively, John has also won the Barry Award, the Southern Independent Bookseller's Award for Fiction, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. His novels have been translated into thirty languages and can be found in more than seventy countries.