title: The Book of Lies
author:  Brad Meltzer 
description: Bestseller Meltzer (<i>The Book of Fate</i>) deserves credit for an audacious conceitwedding the biblical fratricide of Abel by his brother Cain with the unsolved 1932 homicide of the father of Jerry Siegel, the creator of iconic comic book hero Supermanbut the results are less than convincing. A highly tenuous link between the two murders revolves around the mysterious weapon Cain (the world's greatest villain) used to kill his brother. One of numerous theories is that the weapon was a divine book containing the secrets of immortality. After coming to the aid of a shooting victim, Calvin Harper, a homeless volunteer working in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., soon finds himself hopelessly caught up in a life-and-death quest for the ancient artifact that includes the obligatory secret societies, Nazi conspiracies, enigmatic villains and cryptographic riddles  la <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>. A glut of two-dimensional characters and a plot riddled with coincidences don't help. <i>(Sept.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  > BLATANT LIES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Paul Knox. All rights reserved.
  
  Blatant Lies is a work of fiction. Where real people, events, establishments,
  organizations, or locales appear, they are used fictitiously. All other
  elements of the novel are drawn from the author’s imagination.
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  First Edition, 2020
  
  ISBN: 9781658683524
  
  ISBN-10: 1658683528
  
  ISBN-13: 978-1658683524
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Acknowledgments
  
  This story is the result of a whole lot of help from so many people. First and
  foremost, I want to take a moment to thank YOU, the reader and fan.
  
  Many thanks to my wife, Stephanie, for unwavering belief in my stories. A
  sincere thank you to my lead editors, Cindy and Anterré. Without your ideas,
  feedback, and coaching, I would be floundering hopelessly in a sea of muddy
  waters.
  
  Enjoy the Reece Cannon prequel, dear reader! A series of novels follow, with
  the first, Behind Open Eyes, to be released in February 2020. The firs