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New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons--the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. Seated at a... read more

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New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons--the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. Seated at a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons--the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad-boy. Shocked and shaken, he doesn't realize that he's accidentally captured a key piece of evidence. Ensnared in the city's most sensational crime in years, Nick investigates for a story of his own. Back off-- or die-- is the clear message as he closes in on the facts. Heedless, and perhaps in love, Nick endures humiliation, threats, violence, and worse in a thriller that overturns every expectation and finishes with the kind of flourish only James Patterson knows.

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Lombardo's Steakhouse on Manhattan's tony Upper East Side was justly famous for two things, two specialties of the house.

Table of Contents edit see section history

prologue:
chapters 1- 3

Part One:
chapters 1- 23

Part Two:
chapters 24- 45

Part Three:
chapters 46- 65

Part Four:
chapters 66- 89

Part Five:
chapters 90- 107

Epilogue:
chapters 108

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. James Patterson (Author)
  2. Howard Roughan (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-03623-8
Page Count: 370

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3566 .A822 D66 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Violence

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