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David Liss is the author of The Whiskey Rebels, The Ethical Assassin, A Spectacle of Corruption, The Coffee Trader, and A Conspiracy of Paper, winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and children.



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The Whiskey Rebels
The Whiskey Rebels
Written by David Liss
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812974539
Our Price: $15.00
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The Whiskey Rebels
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $15.00

America, 1787. Ethan Saunders, once among General Washington’s most valued spies, is living in disgrace after an accusation of treason cost him his reputation. But an opportunity for redemption comes calling when Saunders’s old enemy, Alexander Hamilton, draws him into a struggle with bitter rival Thomas Jefferson over the creation of... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
A Conspiracy of Paper
A Conspiracy of Paper
Written by David Liss
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780804119122
Our Price: $14.95
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A Conspiracy of Paper
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 30, 2001
Price: $14.95

Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a wealthy stock trader, he lives estranged from his family—until he is asked to investigate his father’s sudden death. Thus Weaver descends into the deceptive world of... Read more >
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The Devil's Company
The Devil's Company
Written by David Liss
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400064199
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The Devil's Company
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $25.00

From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a superb new historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, David Liss has created one of fiction’s most enthralling characters.

The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire, ex-boxer, and master of... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader
Written by David Liss
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375760907
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The Coffee Trader
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $15.00

Amsterdam, 1659: On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city’s most envied merchants, Miguel has suddenly lost everything. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living... Read more >
A Spectacle of Corruption
A Spectacle of Corruption
Written by David Liss
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375760891
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A Spectacle of Corruption
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $14.95

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The Ethical Assassin
The Ethical Assassin
Written by David Liss
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812974546
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The Ethical Assassin
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 30, 2007
Price: $13.95

Edgar award-winning author of the popular historical novels A Conspiracy of Paper and A Spectacle of Corruption, David Liss showcases his amazing versatility with this brilliant new tale of contemporary suspense: a literary thriller set in Florida, where killing is a matter of conscience.

No one is more surprised than Lem Altick... Read more >
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The Whiskey Rebels
The Whiskey Rebels
Written by David Liss
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400064205
Our Price: $26.00
 Quantity: 1 
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The Whiskey Rebels
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $26.00

David Liss’s bestselling historical thrillers, including A Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, have been called remarkable and rousing: the perfect combination of scrupulous research and breathless excitement. Now Liss delivers his best novel yet in an entirely new setting–America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable nation where... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
The Ethical Assassin
The Ethical Assassin
Written by David Liss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345490827
Our Price: $13.95
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The Ethical Assassin
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 28, 2006
Price: $13.95

Edgar award-winning author of the popular historical novels A Conspiracy of Paper and A Spectacle of Corruption, David Liss showcases his amazing versatility with this brilliant new tale of contemporary suspense: a literary thriller set in Florida, where killing is a matter of conscience.

No one is more surprised than Lem Altick... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
A Conspiracy of Paper
A Conspiracy of Paper
Written by David Liss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375505041
Our Price: $14.95
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A Conspiracy of Paper
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 28, 2000
Price: $14.95


THE HISTORICAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR

Benjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves.

In A Conspiracy of Paper, Weaver investigates a crime of the most... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader
Written by David Liss, Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780736697774
Our Price: $19.95

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The Coffee Trader
A Novel
Written by David Liss
Read by John Lee


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 7, 2002
Price: $19.95

Amsterdam, 1659: On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city’s most envied merchants, Miguel has suddenly lost everything. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader
Written by David Liss, Read by Graeme Malcolm
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739302071
Our Price: $14.95

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

The Coffee Trader
A Novel
Written by David Liss
Read by Graeme Malcolm


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $14.95

The Edgar Award–winning novel A Conspiracy of Paper was one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2000. In his richly suspenseful second novel, author David Liss once again travels back in time to a crucial moment in cultural and financial history. His destination: Amsterdam, 1659—a mysterious world of trade populated by... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
The Devil's Company

Available
April 27, 2010
The Devil's Company
Written by David Liss
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812974522
Our Price: $15.00
 Quantity: 1 
The Devil's Company
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $15.00

From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a superb new historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, David Liss has created one of fiction’s most enthralling characters.

The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire, ex-boxer, and master of... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader
Written by David Liss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588362414
Our Price: $15.00
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more>>
The Coffee Trader
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $15.00

The Edgar Award–winning novel A Conspiracy of Paper was one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2000. In his richly suspenseful second novel, author David Liss once again travels back in time to a crucial moment in cultural and financial history. His destination: Amsterdam, 1659—a mysterious world of trade populated by... Read more >
A Spectacle of Corruption
A Spectacle of Corruption
Written by David Liss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588362421
Our Price: $14.95
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A Spectacle of Corruption
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 16, 2004
Price: $14.95

Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss’s sequel to the Edgar Award–winning novel, A Conspiracy of Paper.

Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Whiskey Rebels
The Whiskey Rebels
Written by David Liss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588367303
Our Price: $15.00
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The Whiskey Rebels
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $15.00

David Liss’s bestselling historical thrillers, including A Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, have been called remarkable and rousing: the perfect combination of scrupulous research and breathless excitement. Now Liss delivers his best novel yet in an entirely new setting–America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable nation where... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
The Devil's Company
The Devil's Company
Written by David Liss
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588369116
Our Price: $25.00
? What's this?           amazon.com
the eBook Store from Sony
more>>
The Devil's Company
A Novel
Written by David Liss

Format: eBook
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $25.00

From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a superb new historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, David Liss has created one of fiction’s most enthralling characters.

The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire, ex-boxer, and master of... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
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