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| The Book of Lies | 
 enlarge | Author: Brad Meltzer
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $25.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 3973
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 044657788X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446577885
ASIN: 044657788X
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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Product Description
Brad Meltzer--author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Fate--returns with his most thrilling and emotionally powerful novel to date.
In Chapter Four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail: the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost to history.
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found.
Until now.
Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper comes face-to-face with his family's greatest secret: his long-lost father, who's been shot with a gun that traces back to Mitchell Siegel's 1932 murder. But before Cal can ask a single question, he and his father are attacked by a ruthless killer tattooed with the anicent markings of Cain. And so begins the chase for the world's first murder weapon.
What does Cain, history's greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world's greatest hero? And what do two murders, committed thousands of years apart, have in common? This is the mystery at the heart of Brad Meltzer's riveting and utterly intriguing new thriller
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 More of Brad's excellent story telling September 3, 2008
18 out of 27 found this review helpful
Having read all of Mr. Meltzer's other novels and most of his comic books, I was thoroughly looking forward to his new book, which aims to connect Cain's murder of Abel with the creation of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. I wasn't disappointed at all. If you're a fan of Superman, if you're a fan of a good mystery/thriller, if you're a biblical scholar, then you'll likely enjoy this book. And then, hopefully, you'll want to get involved in the action and help save the house where Superman was created.
Superman holds the truth in Brad Meltzer's "The Book of Lies" September 2, 2008
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
Brad Meltzer deftly weaves a story of suspense and intrigue as he connects the dots between the Biblical murder of Abel by Cain and the unsolved homicide of Mitchell Siegel, father of the creator of Superman. Meltzer never lets his audience down in this clever, intriguing new thriller, The Book of Lies. . .or should it be called The Book of Truth?
 Apt Title September 4, 2008
12 out of 38 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, the book's marketing contention that Mitchell Siegel was murdered by bullets and that this tragic event was a direct inspiration for his son's creation of the man of steel, is false. The senior Siegel died of a heart attack resulting from the stress of the robbery of his secondhand clothing store. "Book of Lies", indeed.
Disappointed September 7, 2008
12 out of 22 found this review helpful
I saw the author's interview on TV and, by the way he was talking about his book, I thought I was going to learn things on old legends, myths, and others coming from the beginning of time.
Instead I discovered an incredible boring book, a sort of series B Da Vinci Code.
The only good part is when I finally finished it, as I have a habit of always getting to the end of a book thinking there might be a final twist that would reward me. Not this time!
Great Book! September 3, 2008
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Meltzer's feel for character and emotion are what make this nail biting thrill-ride worth every moment. Once you pick it up you won't want to put it down. Great concept and story made all the better by a tight plot, human characters and overall great writing.
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