Awards
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Synopses & Reviews
In The Dead Of Night
Manhattan tabloid reporter Porter Wren has an appetite for the city's dirtiest scandals. On the beat, he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he's happily married with two kids. Then one clandestine night, he risks everything he has on the seduction of a stranger...
While The City Sleeps
Her name is Caroline Crowley, widowed by the unsolved murder of her late husband-a man with a nasty little hobby. Caroline has the videos to prove it. A ruthless billionaire who indulged in her husband's sordid games wants the evidence buried-along with anyone who has it.
Anything Is Possible
But the enigmatic Caroline wants more than Porter's help. She knows he can't refuse. He's already crossed the line-and on the run in an escalating nightmare of blackmail, deception, and sexual obsession. For Porter, the only way out is murder-if the truth doesn't kill him first.
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"[B]riskly paced, intricately plotted splatter-noir....[Harrison's] ability to move his labyrinthine plot swiftly along makes this novel a heart-racing adventure. (Grade: B+)" Entertainment Weekly
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"Harrison...deftly connects dozens of far-flung characters...into a breathtaking collage. His prose brims with the anguish and joy...of the city's voices. He proves that it is all one story and one that will keep readers enthralled." Publishers Weekly
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"Sordid stuff sure to tickle any voyeur's fancy, written with skill and considerable visceral force even if occasionally straying beyond the credible." Kirkus Reviews
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"[A] thriller that seems to want to be equal parts Raymond Chandler, William Styron and Tom Wolfe....When Porter Wren scales back from sexual athlete and social satirist to homebody, Manhattan Nocturne soars." Jim Shepard, The New York Times Book Review
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"[A] complex and compelling story...filled with deeply etched characterizations....Harrison...is an elegant and insightful writer, but there's a dissonance between style and story here that calls to mind John Grisham trying to become John Updike." Booklist
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"Incessant name-dropping and an anticlimactic ending shave some points from what is otherwise a well-written, very entertaining story peopled by intriguing and fully fleshed characters." Library Journal
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"A white-knuckle ride." People
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"You're trapped by page two...this is the work of a powerful writer...with a powerful story." The Boston Globe
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"[Harrison] spares no detail of sex and violence, imbuing every phrase with a visceral punch and a sardonic tone." Chicago Tribune
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"One of the year's best." Rocky Mountain News
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"Mercilessly observed and heartbreakingly plotted, Manhattan Nocturne is totally enjoyable on all levels the best piece of postmodern noir since James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere." David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest
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"Beautifully written and flawlessly structured. Manhattan Nocturne is compulsive reading." Patrick McGrath, author of Asylum and Spider
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"Colin Harrison has captured the subtle changes in the whole moral compass of America in this spellbinding thriller....Manhattan Nocturne introduces one of the great femme fatales in modern literature. This is the best novel I've read in a long time." Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest
Synopsis
New York City tabloid columnist, Porter Wren can't resist a story especially when it's a good one. When the beautiful, young widow of a film director asks for his help, Porter is too intrigued to refuse her. Drawn into her dangerous world, Porter soon discovers that not all is what it seems under the glittering lights of New York City.
Synopsis
Manhattan tabloid reported Porter Wren has an appetite for the city's dirtiest scandals. On the beat, he sells, murder, tragedy, and anything that passed for the truth. At home, he's happily married with two kids. Then one clandestine night, he risks everything he has on the seduction of a stranger...
Her name is Caroline Crowley, widowed by the unsolved murder of her late husband a man with a nasty little hobby. Caroline has the vidoes to prove it. A ruthless billionaire who indulged in her husband's sordid games wants the evidence buried along with anyone who has it.
But the enigmatic Caroline wants more than Porter's help. She knows he can't refuse. He's already crossed the line and on the run in an escalating nightmare of blackmail, deception, and sexual obsession. For Porter, the only way out is murder if the truth doesn't kill him first.
Synopsis
The author of Bodies Electric and Break and Enter takes the classic noir novel and elevates it into a literary portrait of a soul divided. A columnist for a New York tabloid finds the precarious balance of his life threatened by a woman who comes out of the Manhattan night to lure him with a promise he can't resist a chance to see even deeper into the dark night of the city he is compelled to know.
Synopsis
Manhattan tabloid reported Porter Wren has an appetite for the city's dirtiest scandals. On the beat, he sells, murder, tragedy, and anything that passed for the truth. At home, he's happily married with two kids. Then one clandestine night, he risks everything he has on the seduction of a stranger...
Her name is Caroline Crowley, widowed by the unsolved murder of her late husband--a man with a nasty little hobby. Caroline has the vidoes to prove it. A ruthless billionaire who indulged in her husband's sordid games wants the evidence buried--along with anyone who has it.
But the enigmatic Caroline wants more than Porter's help. She knows he can't refuse. He's already crossed the line--and on the run in an escalating nightmare of blackmail, deception, and sexual obsession. For Porter, the only way out is murder--if the truth doesn't kill him first.
About the Author
Colin Harrison is the deputy editor of
Harper's Magazine and the author of
Afterburn,
Break and Enter,
Bodies Electric, and
Manhattan Nocturne. He and his wife, Kathryn Harrison, live in Brooklyn. You can visit his Web site at: www.colinharrison.com.