Manhattan Nocturne: A Novel
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At night in the city, anything is possible. Even the truth. For Porter Wren, the city is the story: of millionaires on the make and strippers on the clock. Of a young woman with perfect teeth and a tragic past. Of a brilliant filmmaker's body found in the rubble of a demolished building. For Wren, a top New York tabloid columnist, the story is always changing but never different, always shocking but never a surprise. Until he steps over the line. A beautiful woman has entered Wren's life. She's jeopardizing his family and his marriage. She's leading him into the netherworld her dead filmmaker husband chronicled on secret videotapes--and to a billionaire who wants one of those tapes badly. Suddenly, Porter Wren, the man who has seen it all and written it all, is on the run through the city that once was his beat, through a maze of deception, sexual obsession, and blackmail--searching for the one thing that will set him free and the last thing he expects to find: the truth A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "A white-knuckle ride." "--People" "A brooding, erotic mystery thriller." "--Detroit Free Press" "A smart, entertaining novel." "--The Washington Post Book World" "One of the year's best." "--Rocky Mountain News"
Author: Colin Harrison
Format: Hardback, 355 pages, 165mm x 254mm, 612 g
Published: 1996, Random House USA Inc, United States
Genre: Crime, Thriller & Adventure
At night in the city, anything is possible. Even the truth. For Porter Wren, the city is the story: of millionaires on the make and strippers on the clock. Of a young woman with perfect teeth and a tragic past. Of a brilliant filmmaker's body found in the rubble of a demolished building. For Wren, a top New York tabloid columnist, the story is always changing but never different, always shocking but never a surprise. Until he steps over the line. A beautiful woman has entered Wren's life. She's jeopardizing his family and his marriage. She's leading him into the netherworld her dead filmmaker husband chronicled on secret videotapes--and to a billionaire who wants one of those tapes badly. Suddenly, Porter Wren, the man who has seen it all and written it all, is on the run through the city that once was his beat, through a maze of deception, sexual obsession, and blackmail--searching for the one thing that will set him free and the last thing he expects to find: the truth A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "A white-knuckle ride." "--People" "A brooding, erotic mystery thriller." "--Detroit Free Press" "A smart, entertaining novel." "--The Washington Post Book World" "One of the year's best." "--Rocky Mountain News"