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Down River
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Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Author: John Hart
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Down River Description
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312359317
ISBN: 0312359314
Label: St. Martin's Minotaur
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-10-02
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Product Release Date: 2007-10-02
Studio: St. Martin's Minotaur
Editorial Review of Down River
2008 Edgar Winning Novel Down River.
Everything that shaped him happened near that river….
Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder….
John Hart’s debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, “There hasn’t been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along.” Now, in Down River, Hart makes a scorching return to Rowan County, where he drives his characters to the edge, explores the dark side of human nature, and questions the fundamental power of forgiveness.
Adam hase has a violent streak, and not without reason. As a boy, he saw things that no child should see, suffered wounds that cut to the core and scarred thin. The trauma left him passionate and misunderstood---a fighter. After being narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, Adam is hounded out of the only home he’s ever known, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For five long years he disappears, fades into the faceless gray of New York City. Now he’s back and nobody knows why, not his family or the cops, not the enemies he left behind.
But Adam has his reasons.
Within hours of his return, he is beaten and accosted, confronted by his family and the women he still holds dear. No one knows what to make of Adam’s return, but when bodies start turning up, the small town rises against him and Adam again finds himself embroiled in the fight of his life, not just to prove his own innocence, but to reclaim the only life he’s ever wanted.
Bestselling author John Hart holds nothing back as he strips his characters bare. Secrets explode, emotions tear, and more than one person crosses the brink into deadly behavior as he examines the lengths to which people will go for money, family, and revenge.
A powerful, heart-pounding thriller, Down River will haunt your thoughts long after the last page is turned.
Praise for John Hart and The King of Lies
“Treat yourself to something new and truly out of the ordinary.”
---Rocky Mountain News
“A top-notch debut. Hart’s prose is like Raymond Chandler’s, angular and hard.”
--Entertainment Weekly (grade A)
“A gripping performance.”
---People magazine
“A marriage of carefully crafted prose alongside have-to-keep-reading suspense.”
---The Denver Post
“A masterful piece of writing.”
---The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
“A gripping mystery/thriller and a fully fleshed, thoughtful work of literature.”
---Winston-Salem Journal
“The King of Lies moves and reads like a book on fire.”
---Pat Conroy
“John Hart’s debut . . . is that most engrossing of rarities, a well-plotted mystery novel that is written in a beautifully poetic style.”
---Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama
“Grisham-style intrigue and Turow-style brooding.”
---The New York Times
Customer Reviews of Down River
Review Summary: Excelent
Review: One of the best written books that I've read in a while. Did not want to put it down.
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Review Summary: perfect summer read!
Review: This book is the perfect book to have on holiday with you, the only problem is that you seriously risk to spend the first couple of days with your eyes stuck on the written words of Mr Hart!!, I don't advice to read it on the train unless you do want miss your stop, or if want read it sitting comfortable in your sofa, get a good pot of coffee ready because you will not want go to bed before the last page of this book.
I really enjoyed this book the plot is good, the characters are very real.
Recommended.
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Review Summary: could not put it down!!
Review: Great Great book. I read it in 2 sittings. An interesting, intricate mystery, with lots of plot changes and surprises. this is his 2nd book i just happened to pick up. I will be definitely reading his first.
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Review Summary: Great Book
Review: I had just reading John Hart's debut novel, King of Lies, and was almost depressed when I reached the end of it because I just loved the story and the style in which it was written. I was excited to learn that he already had a second novel. I'm a slow reader but I read this in three evenings which is record breaking for me. I don't know which one I liked best, they were both excellent. There are some sexual references that I personally could have done without but thankfully they were not quantative nor overly descriptive. All in all, however, a fantastic read. I can't wait until John Hart's next novel comes out. It can't be soon enough.
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Review Summary: Sophomore effort is, well, sophomoric at best
Review: Southern Gothic is angst much more adeptly plumbed by others. The NY Times got it right in terms of the writing, which, I suppose, if you like Grisham...well, count me out. Too many others write too adroitly to consider Down River as top-notch competition. Connelly, Crais, Child, Conroy, Pellicanos, T. J.Parker, Winslow, (and Rankin & Robinson across the pond) have nothing to fear. Characters in Down River--in particular the lead---are as shallow as a mudpuddle on a summer's morn. The plot: an overwrought who-dunnit as transparent as the cellophane wrapper on a MoonPie. Few surprises and no drama. I wouldn't have bothered commenting if I hadn't noticed the Edgar. Poe must be spinning...