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"CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL is terrific" - Stephen KingA breathtakingly clever, twist-filled narrative that moves from 1946 to 1988 to 2014 and back again, CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL establishes Scott Von Doviak as a storyteller of the first orderA group of criminals in 1946 pull off the heist of the century, stealing a dozen priceless works of art from a Boston museum. But while the thieves get caught, the art is never found. Forty years later, the last surviving thief gets out of jail and goes hunting for the loot, involving some innocent college students in his dangerous plan - and thirty years after that, in the present day, the former college kids, now all grown up, are drawn back into danger as the still-missing art tempts a deadly new generation of treasure hunters. A breathtakingly clever, twist-filled narrative that moves from 1946 to 1988 to 2014 and back again, CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL establishes Scott Von Doviak as a storyteller of the first order, and will leave you guessing until the very last page.
About the Author
Scott Von Doviak's twenty-year pop culture writing career includes three books, a stint as a film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and an ongoing role as television reviewer for The Onion's AV Club. He starred in the independent film "Apocalypse Bop" and co-wrote and co-starred in "What I Like About You." His script "The Billionaire" was named Best Maine Feature Screenplay by the inaugural Maine Film Initiative. "Charlesgate Confidential" is his first novel. He lives in Austin, Texas.
