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Where the Dead Lay

By David Levien

By David Levien

By David Levien

By David Levien

By David Levien
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By David Levien
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    About Where the Dead Lay

    When Frank Behr’s friend and mentor is murdered without any apparent motive, he thirsts for answers and retaliation. But before he can make headway in the dead-end investigation, a private firm approaches him with a delicate proposition: two of its detectives have gone missing, and the firm wants Behr to find out what happened to them. The search for the missing detectives takes Behr into the recesses of Indianapolis’s underworld, a place rife with brutality and vice where Behr uncovers a shocking thread connecting the missing detectives to his friend’s brutal murder, and, in the process, an ominous, deadly new breed of crime family.

    About Where the Dead Lay

    When Frank Behr’s friend and mentor is murdered without any apparent motive, he thirsts for answers and retaliation. But before he can make headway in the dead-end investigation, a private firm approaches him with a delicate proposition: two of its detectives have gone missing, and the firm wants Behr to find out what happened to them. The search for the missing detectives takes Behr into the recesses of Indianapolis’s underworld, a place rife with brutality and vice where Behr uncovers a shocking thread connecting the missing detectives to his friend’s brutal murder, and, in the process, an ominous, deadly new breed of crime family.

    About Where the Dead Lay

    After the sudden disappearance of two high-priced detectives, former Indianapolis cop Frank Behr—the brooding private investigator introduced in David Levien’s nationally acclaimed novel City of the Sun—is pulled into a case that is harrowing, relentless, and, ultimately, personal.

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    Early in the dark, Indianapolis morning, Frank Behr’s friend and mentor is murdered—with no motive and no trace of evidence left behind. Behr, a quiet, mountainous former cop, thirsts for answers and retaliation. But before he can make headway in the dead-end investigation, an exclusive private firm approaches him with a delicate proposition: two of its detectives have gone missing, and the firm wants Behr to find out what happened to them. Prodded to take the case by his old boss—the Indianapolis chief of police who holds the strings to Frank’s possible return to the force—Behr accepts.

    The search for the missing detectives takes Behr into the recesses of Indianapolis’s underworld, a place rife with brutality and vice—and a stark contrast to the city’s gentle public image. As Behr calls on old street contacts and his hard-boiled investigative skills, he is led deeper into a twisted society of organized crime and an unknown landscape of “pea-shake” houses—low-rent, transient gambling rings staged in condemned buildings around the city. Unexpectedly, Behr uncovers a shocking thread connecting the missing detectives to his friend’s brutal murder, and, in the process, Behr is forced to confront an ominous, deadly new breed of crime family.

    Introduced in City of the Sun, Frank Behr instantly attracted critical attention and a devoted fan base, and Where the Dead Lay places Behr on a broader, edgier stage. This extraordinary crime novel stands with the best of Michael Connelly and Lee Child, featuring a brilliantly drawn, ruthless criminal family whom readers will not soon forget, and showcasing the immense talents of David Levien.

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    About David Levien

    David Levien, author of Thirteen Million Dollar Pop, Where the Dead Lay, City of the Sun, and Signature Kill, has been nominated for the Edgar, Hammett, and Shamus awards. He is also a screenwriter and director, including co-director of Solitary Man (2009) starring Michael Douglas. He lives… More about David Levien

    About David Levien

    David Levien, author of Thirteen Million Dollar Pop, Where the Dead Lay, City of the Sun, and Signature Kill, has been nominated for the Edgar, Hammett, and Shamus awards. He is also a screenwriter and director, including co-director of Solitary Man (2009) starring Michael Douglas. He lives… More about David Levien

    About David Levien

    David Levien, author of Thirteen Million Dollar Pop, Where the Dead Lay, City of the Sun, and Signature Kill, has been nominated for the Edgar, Hammett, and Shamus awards. He is also a screenwriter and director, including co-director of Solitary Man (2009) starring Michael Douglas. He lives… More about David Levien

    Product Details

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jun 22, 2010 | 416 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780307387219

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jul 07, 2009 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780385530279

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 16, 2009 | 590 Minutes | ISBN 9781415962367

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    Praise

    “Levien is the new must-read thriller writer.” —Lee Child

    “A punishing piece of fiction, overflowing with intrigue. . . . [With] enough cutthroat action to keep your eyebrows in upright position for days.” —The Free-Lance Star

    “Where the Dead Lay delivers on all counts. It is crime fiction at its finest.” —Christopher Reich
     
    “Violent and compelling. . . . This is American thriller writing at its rocket-fuelled, roller-coaster best.” —Daily Mail

    “Fast-paced, well-plotted and moving. . . . Levien has an ear for dialogue that many of us don’t often hear. . . . Gripping.” —Indianopolis Star
     
    “David Levien is a marvel. His dialogue is straight-up, so street that it’s a wonder the pages aren’t coated with grit. His descriptions are true to life, real and unflinching, a combination of Mickey Spillane, Wallace Stroby and Richard Stark, but nonetheless all Levien.” —Bookreporter.com
     
    “Where the Dead Lay is written with such natural power, is so attuned to the story and the reader, that you might wish you could unread it, just to experience it a second time.” —Bookotron.com
     

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