David Liss
David Liss is the author of A Spectacle of Corruption, The Coffee Trader, and A Conspiracy of Paper, winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, as well as The Ethical Assassin, and The Whiskey Rebels. He lives in San Antonio with his ... [... more]
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A Spectacle of Corruption
Amazon.com Review: "I sentence you, Mr. Weaver, to be hanged for the most horrible crime of murder." Hearing that judicial decree, Benjamin Weaver--former pugilist, current "thief-taker," and future master of disguise--begins one of [... more]
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A Spectacle of Corruption: A Novel
Amazon.com Review: "I sentence you, Mr. Weaver, to be hanged for the most horrible crime of murder." Hearing that judicial decree, Benjamin Weaver--former pugilist, current "thief-taker," and future master of disguise--begins one of [... more]
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The Ethical Assassin: A Novel
thin and preachy: The idea is interesting, but the execution leaves much to be desired. Between utterly unlikable characters and a story that is thin to start out with and devolves into heavy-handed preaching on animal rights and what appears to be a [... more]
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The Whiskey Rebels (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic ...
Whiskey Rebels....grabs you like 90 proof Rebel Yell!: This book is not my usual read...however, it has been a wonderful diversion from my norm. It is an unusual book in that it is written in the verbage of the time in which it is set, the post [... more]
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A Conspiracy of Paper
Amazon.com Review: A fool and his money are soon parted--and nowhere so quickly as in the stock market, it would seem. In David Liss's ambitious first novel, A Conspiracy of Paper, the year is 1719 and the place London, where human greed, apparently, [... more]
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The Coffee Trader
What a time! What a place!: Amsterdam 1659. That is the setting for this very intelligent historical financial thriller. Amsterdam was a very interesting place at this time. This is where the financial world changed forever for the rest of the world.( [... more]
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The Ethical Assassin: A Novel
thin and preachy: The idea is interesting, but the execution leaves much to be desired. Between utterly unlikable characters and a story that is thin to start out with and devolves into heavy-handed preaching on animal rights and what appears to be a [... more]
$24.95
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The Whiskey Rebels
Whiskey Rebels....grabs you like 90 proof Rebel Yell!: This book is not my usual read...however, it has been a wonderful diversion from my norm. It is an unusual book in that it is written in the verbage of the time in which it is set, the post [... more]
$24.95
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The Coffee Trader : A Novel
What a time! What a place!: Amsterdam 1659. That is the setting for this very intelligent historical financial thriller. Amsterdam was a very interesting place at this time. This is where the financial world changed forever for the rest of the world.( [... more]
$24.95
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The Whiskey Rebels
Superbly interesting novel: I was interested in the Whiskey Rebellion period of history, so I thought I'd read a novel rather than a history book. I learned more than I bargained for! The beginnings of the American banking system, free trade in the 18th [... more]
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