William Lashner is an American novelist best known for the writing of highly popular thriller and mystery novels. William went to New York University School of Law from where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree. Before embarking on a full time writing career, Lashner worked with the Department of Justice in Washington DC as a criminal prosecutor. His writing education for the most part consisted of attending the Iowa Writers Workshop. He also writes under the pseudonym Tyler Knox. He lives with his family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William Lashner is best known for the Victor Carl series of novels. The lead character in the series is a defense attorney who goes by the name Victor Carl who has been described as one of mystery fiction’s most morally ambiguous and compelling characters. The first novel in the Victor Carl series is the 1995 published title Hostile Witness. The series, which has been translated into more than 10 foreign languages across the globe, has also been nominated for several prestigious awards over …show more content…
When Guy Forrest an old law school classmate is the chief suspect in the murder of Hailey Prouix, his beautiful lover in their love nest in Main Line, Carl takes up the case. What the client and the law enforcement officers in the case do not know is that Victor had once been in a romantic relationship with the victim. He is now on a silent warpath – on a quest to make sure Guy Forrest goes down for the death of his former flame. Carl is a determined man and once he sets his heart on something, there is very little anyone can do to stop him. But even as he is determined to see his client go down, a killer appears from the shadows throwing Carl’s life into a spin. His curiosity getting the better of him he is soon racing across the country uncovering shocking truths that leave his head on a
William Lashner is best known for the Victor Carl series of novels. The lead character in the series is a defense attorney who goes by the name Victor Carl who has been described as one of mystery fiction’s most morally ambiguous and compelling characters. The first novel in the Victor Carl series is the 1995 published title Hostile Witness. The series, which has been translated into more than 10 foreign languages across the globe, has also been nominated for several prestigious awards over …show more content…
When Guy Forrest an old law school classmate is the chief suspect in the murder of Hailey Prouix, his beautiful lover in their love nest in Main Line, Carl takes up the case. What the client and the law enforcement officers in the case do not know is that Victor had once been in a romantic relationship with the victim. He is now on a silent warpath – on a quest to make sure Guy Forrest goes down for the death of his former flame. Carl is a determined man and once he sets his heart on something, there is very little anyone can do to stop him. But even as he is determined to see his client go down, a killer appears from the shadows throwing Carl’s life into a spin. His curiosity getting the better of him he is soon racing across the country uncovering shocking truths that leave his head on a