Twisted City (book)

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Twisted City
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Author Jason Starr
Genre Mystery fiction, Crime
Published2004
Publisher Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pages243
Awards Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original (2005)
ISBN 978-1-400-07506-5
Website Twisted City

Twisted City is a book written by Jason Starr [1] [2] and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard [3] in July 2004, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2005. [4]

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References

  1. Starr, Jason (2015-09-01). Twisted City. Polis Books. ISBN   9781940610955.
  2. "novels". Jason Starr. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. "Fiction Book Review: TWISTED CITY by Jason Starr". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. "Winners and Nominees 2000s". Bouchercon. 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2017-03-18.