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HarperCollins, 1998. Standard. Paperback. Good. Outline:- Victor Carl - lawyer, loser, hapless hero of Hostile Witness, and a Philadelphian way out of his element - has come to the sweat-drenched jungles of Belize to chase his fortune. Finding it is one thing. Living long enough to enjoy it is something else entirely. Coerced into defending an unpleasant parade of mob enforcers, two-bit hoods, and other Philadelphia riffraff, Carl wants out of his shabby, squalid life more than ever. So when a terrified young woman offers Carl an unusual - but substantial - proposition, he leaps at the opportunity to trade in his grubby existence for a life of wealthy excess. The job - proving that the recent suicide of wealthy Philadelphia heiress Jacqueline Shaw was not a suicide at all but murder - plunges Carl into an eerie shadow world, where events buried deep in the past exert an awful weight in the present, a world of overturned gravesites, gruesome secrets, and a haunted, lonely estate that houses the…
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"A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing." -- Albert Camus"I suppose every hundred million dollars has its own sordid story and the hundred million I am chasing is no exception..." So begins Veritas, William Lashner's riveting follow-up to his bestselling debut novel, Hostile Witness. Victor Carl--lawyer, loser, hapless hero of Hostile Witness, and a Philadelphian way out of his element--has come to the sweat-drenched jungles of Belize to chase his fortune. Finding it is something else entirely. Coerced into defending an unpleasant parade of mob enforcers, two-bit hoods, and other Philadelphian riffraff, Carl wants out of his shabby, squalid life more than ever. So when a terrified young woman offers Carl an unusual--but substantial--proposition, he leaps at the opportunity to trade in his grubby existence for a life of wealthy excess. The job--proving that the recent suicide of wealthy Philadelphian heiress Jacqueline Shaw was not a suicide at all but murder--plunges Carl into an eerie shadow world, where events buried deep in the past exert an awful weight in the present, a world of overturned gravesites, gruesome secrets, and a haunted, lonely estate that houses the broken and dying heirs of a once-powerful family. Simultaneously caught up in an exploding mob war and the machinations of an avaricious cult, Carl realizes too late that he's in way over his head, as he races against time to collect his fee and get out alive. As Carl edges closer to the truth, a truth that is concealed in the mists of a bygone era and now awaits him in the rainforests of Belize, he learns firsthand that the most terrifying darkness crouches not in the heart of the jungle surrounding him but in the deepest yearnings of the human soul.
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I SUPPOSE EVERY HUNDRED million dollars has its own sordid story and the hundred million I am chasing is no exception.
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- Title Veritas
- Author William Lashner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First edition
- Pages 592
- Publisher Harpercollins, London
- Date 1998
- ISBN 9780006496342
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Collins, UK, 1998. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 592 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1998. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The sequel to "Hostile Witness". Victor Carl has been hired to wrap up the affairs of suicidal heiress, Jacqueline Shawl. He soon discovers it wasn't suicide but murder. Thrown into a web of deceit and danger by his discovery, Carl races against time to discover the truth. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0006496342. ISBN/EAN: 9780006496342. Inventory No: 14011051.. 9780006496342
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HarperColiins, UK, 1997. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 592 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: HarperColiins, UK, 1997. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The sequel to "Hostile Witness". Victor Carl has been hired to wrap up the affairs of suicidal heiress, Jacqueline Shawl. He soon discovers it wasn't suicide but murder. Thrown into a web of deceit and danger by his discovery, Carl races against time to discover the truth. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Drama & Sagas; ISBN: 0006496342. ISBN/EAN: 9780006496342. Inventory No: 10050413.. 9780006496342
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