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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"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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"[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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"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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"[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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"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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"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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"[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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"A white-knuckle ride." People
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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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"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
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From the author of Afterburn comes a tale of blackmail, deception, and sexual obsession. An aggressive Manhattan tabloid reporter helps an alluring woman dig into the unsolved murder of her husband, only to plumb the depths of his own conscience, in this "brooding, erotic mystery thriller" (Detroit Free Press).
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Now a major motion picture, Manhattan Night, starring Adrien Brody, Campbell Scott, Yvonne Strahovski, and Linda Lavin
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her husband, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.
Manhattan Nocturne is a brilliantly drawn tableau of the gritty, gaudy city, and a thrilling literary noir.
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Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her husband, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.
Manhattan Nocturne is a brilliantly drawn tableau of the gritty, gaudy city, and a thrilling literary noir.
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.