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Thirteen-year-old Johnny Merrimon has to face things no boy his age should face. In the year since his twin sister s abduction his world has fallen apart: his father has disappeared and his fragile mother is spiralling into ever deeper despair.
Johnny keeps strong. Armed with a map, a bike and a flashlight, he stalks the bad men of Raven County. The police might have given up on Alyssa; he never will. Someone, somewhere, knows something they re not telling.
Only one person looks out for Johnny. Detective Clyde Hunt shares his obsession with the case. But when Johnny witnesses a hit-and-run and insists the victim was killed because he d found Alyssa, even Hunt thinks he s lost it.
And then another young girl goes missing ...
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[Hart] explores betrayal and forgiveness in indelible prose
Nobody does hate like Southerners, and you ll find plenty of it in the characters slithering through this well-spun murder mystery... a gripping performance (People Magazine )
John Hart has hit a home run with his first novel, The King Of Lies, which has garnered universal and well-deserved rave reviews (Deadly Pleasures )
A lovely writing style that s full-bodied and lyrical (Deadly Pleasures ) --x
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Hart is emerging as one of the biggest new American talents in the psychological thriller field, and should be joining Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay on the bestseller lists
(Bookseller )I absolutely love this man s writing, and by that I mean all aspects of it: plotting, characterization and its lyrical quality ... John Hart has joined the highest ranks of crime fiction writing. Thank heavens he s a young man so we ll have his novels to enjoy for many years to come
(Deadly Pleasures )Praise for Down River
(- )[Hart] explores betrayal and forgiveness in indelible prose
(Peter Guttridge, Observer )
Praise for John Hart and King of Lies
(- )Presumed Innocent meets Fatal Attraction. Hart s prose is like Raymond Chandler s, angular and hard...
(Entertainment Weekly )
Smart and swift-moving... Hart knows his way around the courtrooms and jailhouses...the way that Grisham and Turow do
Akin to the close-range gut-roiling atmosphere summoned by the legal thrillers of Scott Turow
(New York Times )Presumed Innocent meets Fatal Attraction. Hart s prose is like Raymond Chandler s, angular and hard...
(Entertainment Weekly )
Nobody does hate like Southerners, and you ll find plenty of it in the characters slithering through this well-spun murder mystery... a gripping performance (People Magazine )
'A fast-paced mystery debut'
(Wall Street Journal )John Hart has hit a home run with his first novel, The King Of Lies, which has garnered universal and well-deserved rave reviews (Deadly Pleasures )
A lovely writing style that s full-bodied and lyrical (Deadly Pleasures ) --x
A thirteen year old boy turns vigilante to investigate the abduction of his twin sister
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1848540213
- ISBN 13 9781848540217
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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