Retribution (Hoffman novel)

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Retribution
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First edition (UK)
Author Jilliane Hoffman
LanguageEnglish
Genre Thriller
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons (US)
Michael Joseph (UK)
Publication date
2003
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages432 pp
ISBN 0-399-15127-3
OCLC 51878229
813/.6 21
LC Class PS3608.O478 R48 2004
Followed by Last Witness  

Retribution, a 2003 legal thriller, is the first novel by Jilliane Hoffman. After being published in 2003 it became a top-three bestseller in the USA and top 10 in Europe. This graphic serial killer/courtroom thriller puts its readers in a situation of choice between justice and retribution in its hardest form.

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