Richard North Patterson

Fall from Grace Richard North Patterson

Marc Notes: Originally published: London: Quercus, 2012.; 8; Adam Blaine has returned to his childhood home in Martha's Vineyard to bury the father he despised. Here, reunited with his equally relieved and long-suffering family, he becomes aware of the suspicious circumstances surrounding his father's death. As Adam will soon discover, it is a death born of a long-hidden truth.. Publisher Marketing: Adam Blaine has returned to his childhood home in Martha's Vineyard to bury the father he despised. Here, reunited with his equally relieved and long-suffering family, he becomes aware of the suspicious circumstances surrounding his father's death. As Adam will soon discover, it is a death born of a long-hidden truth. Review Citations: Library Journal 10/15/2011 pg. 57 (EAN 9781451617054, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/09/2012 pg. 31 (EAN 9781451617054, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 34 (EAN 9781451617054, Hardcover) Audio File 06/01/2012 pg. 51 (EAN 9781442344372, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 08/20/2012 (EAN 9781442344372, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Patterson, Richard North Richard North Patterson is the author of In "The Name Of Honor", "Eclipse", "The Spire", "Exile", "The Race", "Degree Of Guilt", "Eyes Of A Child", "Silent Witness", and many other bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor, the assistant attorney general for the state of Ohio, and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. In 1993, he retired from his law practice to devote himself to writing. His first novel, "The Lasko Tangent", was the winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel in 1980. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and is a recipient of their President's Award for Distinguished Alumni. He lives in Martha's Vineyard, San Francisco, and Cabo San Lucas with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair. "Richard North Patterson is a terrific novelist."--"The Washington Post"