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Book Review of The Book of Lies

The Book of Lies
The Book of Lies
Author: Brad Meltzer
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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This is sort of a mystery, a thriller, and a 'quest' novel. They're on the trail of the world's first murder weapon...

From back cover:
In chapter four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail; the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost to history.
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by gunshots. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. The gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found...
Until now.
Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper encounters his long-missing father, who's been shot with a gun that killed Mitchell Siegel in 1932. But soon after that reunion, Cal and his father are attacked by a killer tattooed with the ancient markings of Cain. What does Cain, hsitory's greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world's greatest hero? And what do two murders, committed thousands of years apart, have in common? What is the deadly truth?