| The Simple Truth Contributor(s): Baldacci, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0446607711 ISBN-13: 9780446607711 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: "SIZZLING" David Baldacci's novels have been called "sizzling" (USA Today) and "superior" (Houston Chronicle). Now Baldacci is back, with the story of a death row inmate, a Supreme Court clerk, and a crime that is costing people their lives... TERRIFYING Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Now Michael's brother, a cop turned attorney, is coming to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered -- and what it had to do with a crime that Rufus Harms committed twenty-five years before... SIMPLY THE BEST In his new novel of corruption, romance, family, and justice at the heart of the American republic, David Baldacci takes us on a journey of harrowing conspiracy -- and proves once again that in the realm of suspense, he is in a league of his own. THE SIMPLE TRUTH It's never what it seems... |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Legal - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 4.14" W x 6.77" (0.57 lbs) 544 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 36202 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 23.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When cop-turned-attorney John Fiske comes to Washington to investigate his brother's murder, he unearths decades-old secrets and discovers the truth is anything but simple in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. It's never what it seems... Young attorney Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Suddenly everyone who has anything to do with Harms or his appeal mysteriously dies. Now Michael's brother John, a cop turned attorney, comes to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered--and what it had to do with a crime that Harms committed twenty-five years before. But the one man who can help John, the one man who knows what really happened more than two decades ago--and why--has escaped from prison and is running for his life. |