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Diablerie
2006
First Published
3.30
Average Rating
192
Number of Pages

An icy noir from a master of American fiction that proves the darkest secrets are the ones we hide from ourselves. Ben Dibbuk is an affable guy with a steady job. He has been married to a beautiful woman for twenty years and has a lovely young daughter in college. His life is routine and uneventful, and he likes it that way. When a woman he doesn't recognize approaches him with an off-putting mix of familiarity and hostility, he is completely thrown. She claims he is stalking her, yet he doesn't even know who she is. Then he finds out his wife is having him investigated, but he can't fathom why. There is only one man he trusts - a security guard at the company he works for - and he pledges to help untangle the web Ben's caught in and protect him if necessary. The only problem is that Ben has no idea why paranoia and suspicion surround him, but as the pieces come together he will have to face the most haunting part of his own soul and make a difficult decision about whether to fess up or cover up. With the same erotic force as Killing Johnny Fry, but grounded in a far darker vision of human nature, Diablerie is a transfixing new novel from one of our most powerful writers.

Avg Rating
3.30
Number of Ratings
1,052
5 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author

Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley
Author · 75 books
Walter Mosley (b. 1952) is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, as well as numerous other works, from literary fiction and science fiction to a young adult novel and political monographs. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation, among other publications. Mosley is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.
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