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Title: Act of Deceit

Subtitle: A Harlan Donnally Novel

Author: Steven Gore

Narrator: John DeMita

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-11

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Mt. Shasta is far from the San Francisco sidewalk on which Harlan Donnallys life nearly ended in a crossfire - But all too close to a decades - old secret that will force him into another.

The former detective swore hed never play anyones postman. But a dying friends plea takes Donnally bearing a letter alive with tragedy toward a sister long dead - the victim of the bizarre criminality of a counterculture that had lost its way.

Stunned to learn that her killer was never prosecuted, Donnally soon finds himself in battle against a broken justice system and on a trail of evil into a dangerous borderland in which the falsely pious and the wealthy abuse the young and the poor. And though each step takes him farther down a perilous path that wrenches him between his inner demons and his mission to redeem a brothers love, he wont stop until he knows the truth.

For Donnally made a promise to a dead man, and hell keep it - or die trying.

Members Reviews:

Can't Wait for Harlon Donnally 2

I started enjoying Gore with "Final Target," a Graham Gage novel about a private investigator, apparently based, in part, on Gore's storied adventures as an elite private investigator in the Bay Area. With Act of Deceit, Gore introduces a new protagonist, Harlan Donnally, a not so happily retired San Francisco homicide detective.

Gore takes Donnally and the reader on an entertaining tour through the history, landscape and characters that populate Northern California. Donnally's initial, reluctant acceptance of a dying neighbor's request sends Donnally on a detective mission through the secrets of the 60s and 70s as well as the personal secrets of the individuals who lived through those turbulent times and continue to act in our turbulent times. Because the plot has so many twists and turns, it is difficult to describe them without spoiling one of the many surprises that kept me turning the pages. Just as a hint, I will say the book connects the marijuana industry, the Catholic child abuse scandal, and sixties' radicals, and more, but that connection is not part of some crazy conspiracy but only by their proximity to that unique part of America anchored by the Golden Gate Bridge.

All I can say is buy a copy and start turning the pages. You won't stop.

Fabulous!

A very well written and researched detective story. I loved the authors statements of not only the War , our flawed criminal system but also our years of neglect of the mentally abused

Harlan Donnally is no Graham Gage

From the very begining this book failed to hook me as his past books have. After a few chapters, I found myself skimming and not really enjoying it at all. I put the book down 1/3 of the way through it and havent touched it since. I will be first to preorder a new Graham Gage novel, but I will be far from Harlan Donnally if and when his next novel is released.

Convoluted, but Enjoyable Harlan Donnally Suspense Novel

After reading Steven Gore's Absolute Risk last December, I was not a big fan of this author. To be fair, I thought I would give him another chance with Act of Deceit.