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Hardcover City of Lies Book

ISBN: 1590204654

ISBN13: 9781590204658

City of Lies

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Returning home to New York brings with it memories of childhood, many of them painful, and yet Harper could never have prepared himself for the truth. Confronted with the reality of his father's existence, Harper finds himself seduced by a lifestyle that he seems to have inherited--an underworld life of power, treachery, and menace. As he desperately tries to uncover the facts of his own past, he is faced with one lie after another, and with each new discovery he becomes more and more entangled in a dark and shocking conspiracy. From the acclaimed author of A Quiet Belief in Angels and A Simple Act of Violence, City of Lies is a tense and gripping thriller, each twist and turn more shocking than the last.

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Rated 5 stars
"a great read!"

after reading "a quiet belief in angels" i had to read every book written by rj ellory! this storyline is so captivating and the characters rich and complex. no one is better at building suspense and fascinating endings !

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New York Gangsters In A New Light

From Candlemoth, R. J. Ellory's first novel, I have now read all but two. City of Lies is not my favorite, but that's only because he has two better books out- A Quiet Belief in Angels, and A Simple Act of Violence. Anyone picking up City of Lies as a stand-alone read will be mesmerized by the quality of Ellory's writing, his descriptiveness, his ability to place the reader into the action, and into the minds of his characters...

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Rated 5 stars
66 Carmine

Before finishing Ellory's beautiful A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS I decided to buy everything else he has written, and CITY OF LIES is the first I found, although it is actually his fourth novel. I much prefer the author's original title '66 Carmine' as it evokes thoughts of a more appropriately noir-ish atmosphere than the rather bland title the publishers preferred and more accurately reflects one of the key elements of the story,...

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Brilliant!

From the moment John Harper got the phone call summoning him back to New York and found out that his father, who he'd thought dead for the past 30 years was seriously ill in hospital following a shooting in a liquor store I was hooked. As the storyline develops John uncovers a massive web of lies and deceit starting with the Aunt who brought him up and told him his father was dead, Uncle Walt his fathers business partner...

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