num_pages: 320
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.Hart's mastery of prose and plot belie 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.
language: English
title: The King of Lies
titlecomplete: The King of Lies
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Legal Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Southern, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 13042
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Minotaur Books