Favors and Lies
by Mark Gilleo
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Dan Lord is a forty-year-old private detective with a law degree working the blurred line between right and wrong in the Nation's Capital. As a self-employed solutions broker and legal consultant, he works for a very select clientele. He doesn't advertise and only takes cases on referral. But when two people close to him are murdered, Dan's work becomes very personal.With the assistance of a newly hired female intern, extracting clues from a ladder of acquaintances, Dan bounds through both show more the underbelly and elite of society, each step bringing more questions and yet ultimately taking him closer to the answer he seeks. A bail bondsman, a recluse hacker, a court clerk, a university student, an old-school barber, a high-class madam, an intelligence officer, a medical doctor, and a police detective are among the list of people Dan must cajole for help. His quest will lead him to discover things he never wanted to know, and put him in the position to reveal things that important people would prefer remain unrevealed.
Tense, ingenious, and filled with the unforgettable characters that have become a Mark Gilleo trademark, FAVORS AND LIES is the most thrilling novel yet from one of the great new voices in suspense fiction.
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This was my first time reading any of Mark Gilleo's work, and it definitely left me ready for more. While it has a checklist of the tried and true old detective stories, the characters have been wonderfully updated and developed, the pace is fast and in some areas, predictable, but has enough few twists and turns that kept me turning the page. This was definitely a book I would recommend to anyone who loves the thriller or mystery genre and a story that doesn't try to bog you down with misdirection or boring side trips.
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- "This city eats souls," the cabbie ranted.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Dan smiled. "I was thinking about taking a trip to Namibia. She Always like Namibia.
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