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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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R.J. Ellory is the author of twelve novels, including the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels, which was Strand Magazine’s Thriller of the Year, shortlisted for the Barry Award, and a finalist for the SIBA Award. He is also the author of City of Lies, Candlemoth, A Quiet Vendetta, The Anniversary Man, A Simple Act of Violence, and the e-book original series Three Days in Chicagoland.
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Until the day his aunt summoned him back to New York to visit his father’s deathbed, John Harper believed he was an orphan. Now, a robbery has left his father critically wounded, and John is being fed new versions of his life story. Was John’s father merely a successful businessman, as his former partner attests, or was he someone less reputable, as John’s aunt and the detective lurking around the hospital suggest. Did John’s mother and his uncle commit suicide, or were they victims of his father’s alleged gangster empire? Determined to find the truth, John summons his own powers of duplicity and delves into New York’s underworld. Ellory (Candlemoth, 2013) layers symbolism and allegory into the airtight crime narrative, constructing a foundation that holds literary weight. Atmosphere and sense of place beg a match with authors known for summoning old-school Mob mojo and manipulating settings—James Ellroy, for example, or Andrew Vachss in Two Trains Running (2005). --Christine Tran
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