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The basis for the hit movie starring James Franco and Kate Hudson A thriller by the author of the Brilliance Saga and The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes Good People [is] gleefully dread-filled, mercilessly tense, and moves with the speed of something fired from a sawed-off. -Dennis Lehane Tom and Anna Reed are young, middle-class, and in love. But financial pressures and the struggle to have a baby are grinding them down. So when they find $370,000 in their tenant's apartment, happily ever after seems one risky decision away. But before the week is over, they'll know exactly where the money is from-and come face to face with ruthless men who have been double-crossed. Men who won't stop until they get revenge. Nothing in life is free, and for Tom and Anna, happiness may cost more than they can bear to pay...

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Terrific. -- Chicago Tribune One of our best storytellers. -- Michael Connelly It's the depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that set Sakey apart. --Lee Child Sakey creates a moral dilemma fit for an advanced ethics class...I felt the protagonists' pain to the point of flinching. -- Chicago Sun-Times Masterful. Each of Sakey's novels has topped the previous. GOOD PEOPLE follows that stellar pattern. -- Florida Sun-Sentinel Sakey sees Chicago as a constant source of sin and temptation...[GOOD PEOPLE] is a classic bind. -- The New York Times Sakey may have trouble equaling this stellar performance. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

-Terrific.---Chicago Tribune-One of our best storytellers.--- Michael Connelly-It's the depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that set Sakey apart.---Lee Child-Sakey creates a moral dilemma fit for an advanced ethics class...I felt the protagonists' pain to the point of flinching.---Chicago Sun-Times-Masterful. Each of Sakey's novels has topped the previous. GOOD PEOPLE follows that stellar pattern.---Florida Sun-Sentinel-Sakey sees Chicago as a constant source of sin and temptation...[GOOD PEOPLE] is a classic bind.---The New York Times-Sakey may have trouble equaling this stellar performance.---Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Terrific. -- Chicago Tribune One of our best storytellers. -- Michael Connelly It's the depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that set Sakey apart. --Lee Child Sakey creates a moral dilemma fit for an advanced ethics class...I felt the protagonists' pain to the point of flinching. -- Chicago Sun-Times Masterful. Each of Sakey's novels has topped the previous. GOOD PEOPLE follows that stellar pattern. -- Florida Sun-Sentinel Sakey sees Chicago as a constant source of sin and temptation...[GOOD PEOPLE] is a classic bind. -- The New York Times Sakey may have trouble equaling this stellar performance. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Terrific. <i>Chicago Tribune</i> One of our best storytellers. Michael Connelly It s the depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that set Sakey apart. Lee Child Sakey creates a moral dilemma fit for an advanced ethics class...I felt the protagonists' pain to the point of flinching. --<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> Masterful. Each of Sakey's novels has topped the previous. GOOD PEOPLE follows that stellar pattern. --<i>Florida Sun-Sentinel</i> Sakey sees Chicago as a constant source of sin and temptation...[GOOD PEOPLE] is a classic bind. --<i>The New York Times</i> Sakey may have trouble equaling this stellar performance. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)

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Marcus Sakey's thrillers have been nominated for more than fifteen awards, named New York Times Editor's Picks, and selected among Esquire's Top 5 Books of The Year. In addition to Good People, his novels Brilliance, The Blade Itself, and The Amateurs are all in development as feature films.

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