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by R.J. Ellory (Author)

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A superb, powerful thriller from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]

John Harper has always been alone. His mother died when he was just seven years old and he was raised in New York by an aunt he barely knew. He never even made his father's acquaintance - a man who died shortly after he was born. After leaving the Big Apple as soon as he was old enough, his life consisted of one moderately successful book, a collection of affectionately received newspaper columns and a comfortable existence in Miami.

Then everything changes. A liquor store heist goes wrong - and turns John's existence on its head. It seems that his father didn't die all those years ago. In fact, he has thrived in the New York underworld. But now the man himself lies critically injured in a Manhattan hospital and it's time for father and son to meet at last . . .

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Praise for "A Quiet Belief in Angels"

"There aren't nearly enough beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries. Like "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Smilla's Sense of Snow", "A Quiet Belief in Angels" is one of them." --James Patterson

"R. J. Ellory is a uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer, and the quality of his prose--every word, every sentence--hits "A Quiet Belief in Angels" far above its genre." --Alan Furst

""A Quiet Belief in Angels" is a rich, powerful, evocative novel of great psychological depth." --Jonathan Kellerman

"Outstanding noir...Ellory's burning insight into Harper's everyman insecurities drive this triller beyond sordid crime fiction into the darkess recesses of the human heart." --"Publishers Weekly", Starred Review

Praise for "A Quiet Belief in Angels"
"There aren't nearly enough beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries. Like "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Smilla's Sense of Snow," "A Quiet Belief in Angels" is one of them." --James Patterson
"R. J. Ellory is a uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer, and the quality of his prose--every word, every sentence--hits "A Quiet Belief in Angels" far above its genre." --Alan Furst
""A Quiet Belief in Angels" is a rich, powerful, evocative novel of great psychological depth." --Jonathan Kellerman

"Outstanding noir Ellory's burning insight into Harper's everyman insecurities drive this triller beyond sordid crime fiction into the darkess recesses of the human heart." "Publishers Weekly," Starred Review"

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 1161 KB
Print Length: 468 pages
Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (3 June 2010)
Sold by: Hachette Book Group (AU)
Language: English
ASIN: B005NAD7DO
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #903,081 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #48748 in Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #21301 in Suspense Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #33689 in Suspense Thrillers (Books)

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Ken C.

New York Gangsters In A New Light

16 February 2010 - Published on Amazon.com

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From Candlemoth, R. J. Ellory's first novel, I have now read all but two. City of Lies is not my favorite, but that's only because he has two better books out- A Quiet Belief in Angels, and A Simple Act of Violence. Anyone picking up City of Lies as a stand-alone read will be mesmerized by the quality of Ellory's writing, his descriptiveness, his ability to place the reader into the action, and into the minds of his characters. And the characters themselves are deep and intriguing, masterfully drawn. How a British writer can make the reader believe that he knows the American scenes of his novels so well that you might believe that he has lived in that location his entire live escapes me. All the nuances of the locale are correct. Then, of course, there is the story itself. Ellory is a master story teller, one up there with Dennis Lehane and William Lee Burke. You will hold all of your crime novelists to higher standards after you finish a book by R.J. Ellory. City of Lies brings you a look at New York and its crime that matches or exceeds any that I have ever read.

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texttwist

Thanks Mr. Ellory.

10 January 2017 - Published on Amazon.com

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Loved it. Easy going read for my long flights and airport delays.

ejb

Definately up to R.J. Ellory's excellence.

4 May 2012 - Published on Amazon.com

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This author is my favorite author and as such, he never disappoints. Unfortunately he only publishes in England where he lives. If he published in U.S., I'm sure he would be selected as best author of the year, every year, as he gets a book out every single year. I have now read every book of his, except for his last one, which is actually now in transit to me. Can't find a better crime writer...and I bought all of his books from Amazon!!!

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KR Kamp

Terrible writing style

10 September 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

Unreadable. First of all, the author writes it in present tense, which is annoying at best. Second, Ellory writes sentence fragment after sentence fragment and lots of short sentences, giving the writing a jerky style. I couldn't make it past the second chapter. Who cares about the plot or characters, when the prose is this bad?!

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S. Retten

What a phony!

28 April 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

Just so you know, this author was caught writing glowing reviews of his own work under pseudonyms. I just started reading this book, and I'm not surprised about the dishonest self aggrandizement, because I had already marked him as a phony. He tortures grammar until it squeals, as if sentence fragments will make him sound original or profound. He also uses British expressions in the dialogue of his American characters--things like "in hospital" and "he spoke down the phone," and "he went round the corner." If he's going to set a book in New York, he might trouble to learn the lingo. In any case, take the superlatives in some of these reviews with a grain of salt.

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