The King of Lies

ISBN: 031234161X

Title: The King of Lies

Author: John Hart

KDL Description:

When his father is murdered, the investigation into the crime uncovers dark family secrets that threaten to unravel the life of a North Carolina lawyer.

Amazon 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 facade 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. Hart’s mastery of prose and plot belies his newcomer status as he explores the true heart of a man. 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.