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Sinopse

A solid craftsman with five bestselling series under his belt as well as numerous standalone mysteries and short-story collections to his credit, Lawrence Block breaks new ground with a resonant, compelling thriller about one man's response to the Twin Towers tragedy--an insane yet totally comprehensible, seemingly unconnected string of serial murders, or, as the killer calls them, "sacrifices" to the city he believes will be reborn out of the ashes of destruction. Block, a New Yorker born and bred, has penned a paean to the Manhattan he knows and loves, and created a cast of fascinating characters whose lives are touched by the killings. Among the most interesting are a woman whose sexual obsessions ensnare a former police commissioner who's being groomed for higher political office, a crime novelist uncertain about his own culpability in the so-called Carpenter Killings, and a gay housecleaner whose clients keep ending up dead. This may be Block's best novel to date--it's certainly his most erotic and astonishing one, and it will keep you going until the last extraordinary page. A mesmerizing take on New York after 9/11, this solidly paced, brilliantly executed thriller deserves all the attention it will surely receive.

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Autor: Lawrence Block

Autor

LAWRENCE BLOCK

Lawrence Block Nascido em Buffalo, nos EUA, em 1938, graduou-se no Antioch College, em Ohio. É um dos maiores nomes do romance policial no mundo inteiro. Escreveu mais de quarenta obras, que lhe valeram o título de Grande Mestre dos Escritores de Mistério da América. Foi agraciado com vários prêmios nessa modalidade de ficção, entre os quais três Edgar Allan Poe, quatro Shamus, dois Maltese Falcon e um Nero Wolfe. Mora em Nova York.