The King of Lies

A Mystery Novel by John Hart

Subgenres:

Literary Thriller,
Family Drama,
Small Town

Published 2006

Length 321 pages

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Southern mysteries where family secrets drive every twist
Lawyer protagonists unraveling their own lives as much as the case
Small town drama with complicated sibling relationships

Publisher Description

John Hart creates a literary thriller that is as suspenseful as it is poignant, a riveting murder mystery layered beneath the southern drawl of a humble North Carolina lawyer.

When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed façade begin to crack.

Work's troubled sister, her combative girlfriend, his gold digging socialite wife, and an unrequited lifelong love join a cast of small town characters that create no shortage of drama in this extraordinary, fast-paced suspense novel.

An illuminating anatomy of a murder and the ripple effect it produces within a family and a community, The King of Lies is a stunning debut.

Now with an excerpt from John Hart's next book The Hush, available February 2018.

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