The King of Lies
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SqueakyChu
of Rockville, Maryland USA on 8/27/2012
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 8/27/2012 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this book from the Friends of the Library book store in Rockville, Maryland. The book comes recommended by Pat Conroy, author. The author of this book, John Hart, comes recommended by Curt Finch, author of The Accusation and also a native of North Carolina (as is John Hart).
My husband read this book. He says that it started out "slow", but then got better and, finally, was "unstoppable".
I'm reading this book for the December 2018 TIOLI challenge to read a book by an author you've read before, but haven't read in 2018. I last read a book by this author in 2013.
This North Carolina author had been recommended to me several years ago by another North Carolina author and bookstore owner, Curt Finch, when I asked to read books by local authors on my beach vacation. I read a previous book by John Hart, but I much more enjoyed this book.
Sadly I saw just enough of one review which gave a way the spoiler when I as in the middle of this murder mystery, but the writing was so good and the characterization of the protagonist Jackson Workman Pickens ("Work") that I almost didn't mind the spoiler.
This was quite a page-turning novel. It was interesting to follow the interactions of all the characters to see which ones were good and which ones were evil. What I found most interesting were the reactions by other individuals in the field of law and law enforcement when suspicion of the murder turned to "Work." I felt as if I were he. The descriptions of his reactions were so real. I remember getting that same reaction to another novel (Defending Jacob by William Landay) also about a lawyer in the past. The funny thing is that I don't care to read books about lawyers, but I found both Landay's novel and this book very gripping. Both were real page turners.
The story is about a successful lawyer who was found with two bullet holes to his head in an abandoned closet. Work and His sister Jean both suspected each other of the murder of that lawyer, who was their father). It takes a while to decipher what really happened as there are secondary stories of Jean's lesbian relationship with a rather rough woman named Alex and also of Work's failing marriage to a woman named Barbara.
Great book! Take a chance on it!
The story is about a successful lawyer who was found with two bullet holes to his head in an abandoned closet. Work and His sister Jean both suspected each other of the murder of that lawyer, who was their father). It takes a while to decipher what really happened as ther are secondary stories of Jean's lesbian relationship with a woman named Alex and also of Work's failing marriage to a woman named Barbara.
Great book! Take a chance on it!
Sadly I saw just enough of one review which gave a way the spoiler when I as in the middle of this murder mystery, but the writing was so good and the characterization of the protagonist Jackson Workman Pickens ("Work") that I almost didn't mind the spoiler.
This was quite a page-turning novel. It was interesting to follow the interactions of all the characters to see which ones were good and which ones were evil. What I found most interesting were the reactions by other individuals in the field of law and law enforcement when suspicion of the murder turned to "Work." I felt as if I were he. The descriptions of his reactions were so real. I remember getting that same reaction to another novel (Defending Jacob by William Landay) also about a lawyer in the past. The funny thing is that I don't care to read books about lawyers, but I found both Landay's novel and this book very gripping. Both were real page turners.
The story is about a successful lawyer who was found with two bullet holes to his head in an abandoned closet. Work and His sister Jean both suspected each other of the murder of that lawyer, who was their father). It takes a while to decipher what really happened as there are secondary stories of Jean's lesbian relationship with a rather rough woman named Alex and also of Work's failing marriage to a woman named Barbara.
Great book! Take a chance on it!
The story is about a successful lawyer who was found with two bullet holes to his head in an abandoned closet. Work and His sister Jean both suspected each other of the murder of that lawyer, who was their father). It takes a while to decipher what really happened as ther are secondary stories of Jean's lesbian relationship with a woman named Alex and also of Work's failing marriage to a woman named Barbara.
Great book! Take a chance on it!
Journal Entry 5 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Saturday, December 22, 2018
SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Saturday, December 22, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (12/22/2018 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'm releasing this book for...
***The 2018 What's in a Name Release Challenge hosted by DragonGoddess. The title of this book contains the names KIN and LI.
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Enjoy the book!
***The 2018 What's in a Name Release Challenge hosted by DragonGoddess. The title of this book contains the names KIN and LI.
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Enjoy the book!
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...
Journal Entry 7 by SqueakyChu at Little Free Library At My Organic Market (MOM's) in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Friday, February 22, 2019
SqueakyChu at Little Free Library At My Organic Market (MOM's) in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Friday, February 22, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (2/21/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library At My Organic Market (MOM's) in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
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Enjoy the book!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu , or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
