THE KING OF LIES
Book ID/图书代码： 12760806B02023
English Summary/英文概要： Jackson Workman Pickens—known to most as “Work”—mindlessly holds together his disintegrating life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife who shares their loveless marriage, and an estranged sister who bore the brunt of their childhood trauma.
And then Ezra’s body is discovered.
Set to inherit his father’s fortune, Work becomes a prime suspect. But so does his sister, Jean. As much as Work’s life was overshadowed by his domineering father, Jean’s life was nearly destroyed by him. But does that make her capable of a vicious murder? 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, he fights to save his sister and clear his name—in this poignant and thrilling anatomy of a murder and its ripple effect within a family and a community.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 傑克森．渥克曼．皮根斯是北卡羅納州的辯護律師，大家都叫他沃克。一生都活在他那強勢老爸的陰影之下，沃克的父親是個有名的律師。外界都以為他們家是神仙家庭，人人稱羨，但其實並不是這樣，從小沃克跟妹妹都被父親虐待。長大後外人也常常拿沃克和他父親做比較，讓沃克背負著很沉重的壓力。
沃克對他的工作不滿，婚姻生活不滿。他的老婆芭芭拉是個十足的拜金女，只會關心沃克賺了多少錢而不顧他的感受。
某天晚上家裡一次劇烈的爭吵後，沃克的母親就這樣無預警的去世了，那天晚上他的父親也突然失蹤不見人影，一年多以後才被人發現遭到槍殺的屍體。沃克和妹妹琴馬上被鎖定為頭號嫌疑犯。母親過世可能是琴的犯案動機，因為父親生前的沙文主義造成了琴心理的創傷，讓琴遊走自殘的邊緣；沃克也因可以得到巨額的遺產而被懷疑。
沃克一方面要擺脫兒時陰影，另一方面要想辦法洗刷妹妹的嫌疑，到底要怎麼做才可以及時防止情況再惡化下去……
Awards/获奖情况：★版權已售15國:
日本/韓國 /德國 / 義大利 / 荷蘭 / 法國 / 波蘭/西班牙/ 巴西/ 丹麥/挪威/以色列 /俄國/ 英國/保加利亞
★艾倫坡最佳新作小說提名Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
★警察獎最佳新作小說提名The Gumshoe Award for Best First Novel
★出版人週刊2006年年度百大好書 “A seething, roiling, boiling North Carolina murder story… crossbreeds enough Grisham-style intrigue and Turow-style brooding to make for a sulfurous mix.”---Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“A gripping performance.”---People
“Don’t miss this book.”---Winston-Salem journal
“...have-to-keep-reading suspense.”---Denver Post
“If you want entertainment that will ensnare you, deprive you of sleep... You won’t be disappointed.”---Rocky Mountain News
“A striking new talent."---Entertainment Weekly
“Reads like a book on fire.”---Pat Conroy
“An exceptionally deep and complex mystery thriller.”---Publishers Weekly (Starred review)
“There hasn’t been a thriller as showily literate as The King of Lies...since Scott Turow came along.”---Janet Maslin of The New York Times, recommending the book on “CBS Sunday Morning”
“[An] ambitious debut thriller...well-spun...a gripping performance.”---People (3.5 out of 4 stars)
“Hart has wedded the two writing forms, creating a marriage of carefully crafted prose alongside have-to-keep-reading suspense.”---Denver Post
About the Author/作者介绍： John Hart was born and raised in North Carolina. For a time he practiced criminal defense law, but left to write The King of Lies. John used to do foolish things, like fly helicopters and sail small boats across large oceans. Now, with a loving young family, he writes books, which is harder but safer. John still makes his home in North Carolina.
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