Thursday, December 12, 2013

The King of Lies by John Hart. Performed by David Chandler

Well, I've just about exhausted my listens from John Hart.  I loved The Last Child and Iron House and wasn't too thrilled with Down River. This novel from 2006 falls somewhere between.  This is a good thing, right? The author kept improving with every title he published which is what readers love to see!

Work Pickens lives in the shadow of his father.  When his father's body is found with two gunshot wounds and Work inherits $15 million, all eyes are on him for the murder of his father.  Work, however, believes that his mentally unstable sister killed their father and Work will do anything to save her. So he's trying to keep her from going to jail, but also trying to figure out the crime himself.  Honestly, the end of the book reads much more smoothly than the beginning.  The main character is a real jerk at the beginning and I didn't care to know why he wasn't cooperating with the female police detective. This is one of those family secret mysteries and I was definitely surprised by one of them!

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