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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407033884
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 512

City of the Sun

(Frank Behr: 1): An emotionally charged, fast and furious crime thriller you won’t be able to put down




Introducing a dazzling new crime series from one of Hollywood's top screenwriters. Prepare yourself for 'relentless suspense that will not let you out of its grasp' (Harlan Coben)

Fans of Lee Child and Harlan Coben will love this gripping, moody and heart-stoppingly tense crime thriller from Hollywood screenwriter David Levien.
"Heart-stopping suspense and a heartbreaking story" - LEE CHILD
"Relentless suspense that will not let you out of its grasp, and a cast of characters who are so utterly real you'll forget you're reading fiction. David Levien's novel is moody, riveting, and special" - Harlan Coben
"Gripping . . . Levien's skill is to chart the emotional plight of the parents within the twists and turns of a fast-moving and complex plot" - MIRROR
"This story gripped me right from the start" -- ***** Reader review
"Incredible!! Couldn't put it down..." -- ***** Reader review

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HOW FAR WILL ONE MAN GO TO FIND A MISSING CHILD?

Twelve-year-old Jamie Gabriel gets on his bike before dawn to deliver newspapers in his suburban neighbourhood. Somewhere en route, he vanishes without a trace.

Fourteen months later, still with no sign of Jamie and having lost all faith in the police, his parents Paul and Carol are on the verge of abandoning hope. Then they meet private investigator Frank Behr, a tough, reclusive ex-cop.

Abandoned by his former colleagues, separated from his wife and haunted by his own terrible past, Behr doesn't make it a practice to take on hopeless cases, but the desperate couple's plea for help awakens a personal pain he can't ignore . . .

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407033884
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 512

About the author

David Levien

David Levien was born in New York and is now one of the top screenwriters in Hollywood. His credits include Ocean's Thirteen, Runaway Jury and Rounders. He recently co-directed the film Solitary Man, starring Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito and Susan Sarandon. David's novel City of the Sun introduced brooding private investigator Frank Behr, and was published in 2008 to stellar reviews. David lives in Connecticut.

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Praise for City of the Sun

City of the Sun is all kinds of trouble. For one thing, it becomes really hard to break away to deal with the rest of the day. Then there's the recurring need to take deep, calming breaths throughout . . . a rare thriller where the outcome is genuinely in doubt

New York Daily News

A perfect modern "noir" tale

Sunday Express

A writer who takes dead, calculated aim at our deepest fears

Entertainment Weekly

CITY OF THE SUN is hard, mean, beautiful, touching -- a dazzling novel. With this book, David Levien has placed himself among the best writers in the field. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike would be proud to call ex-cop Frank Behr their friend

ROBERT CRAIS

Excellent . . . I can't wait for more

Independent on Sunday

Frightfully realistic . . . a master character portrait . . . a nerve-jangling novel that places average people in extraordinary situations

USA Today

Gripping . . . Levien's skill is to chart the emotional plight of the parents within the twists and turns of a fast-moving and complex plot

Mirror

Heart-stopping suspense and a heartbreaking story

LEE CHILD

One of the toughest, most gut-wrenching, and most believable suspense novels I've ever encountered. If David Levien pulled any punches, I was too dazed to notice

LINCOLN CHILD

Relentless suspense that will not let you out of its grasp, and a cast of characters who are so utterly real you'll forget you're reading fiction. David Levien's novel is moody, riveting, and special

HARLAN COBEN

The best thing about this high-gloss, high-concept thriller is that it is actually a proper, well-written book, not merely a treatment in disguise, which delivers on its initial promise and packs an unexpectedly hefty emotional punch

Guardian

The most impressive crime debut of the year . . . grips from the off

Evening Standard