Act of Deceit: A Harlan Donnally Novel

· Harlan Donnally Novels Book 1 · Harper Collins
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Mt. Shasta is far from the San Franciscosidewalk on which Harlan Donnally’s lifenearly ended in a crossfire—

But all too close to a decades-old secretthat will force him into another.

The former detective swore he’d never play anyone’s postman. But a dying friend’s plea takes Donnally bearing a letter alive with tragedy toward a sister long dead—the victim of the bizarre criminality of a counterculture that had lost its way.

Stunned to learn that her killer was never prosecuted, Donnally soon finds himself in battle against a broken justice system and on a trail of evil into a dangerous borderland in which the falsely pious and the wealthy abuse the young and the poor. And though each step takes him farther down a perilous path that wrenches him between his inner demons and his mission to redeem a brother’s love, he won’t stop until he knows the truth.

For Donnally made a promise to a dead man, and he’ll keep it—or die trying.

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A Google user
September 11, 2011
Harlan Donnally a former San Friancisco PD detective who was retired after being shot on the job, promises a dying friend to help find the friend's sister who was left at a children's home when she was age five. Tragically, Donnally finds that the girl, Anna, was murdered many years ago and her killer never brought to justice. A man who was accused got off due to being found incompetent. When Donnally brings the man to court, a wealthy person hires an attorney and they make it look like the incompetent man was really the victim. With this, Donnally wonders if someone is hiding behing the incompetent man's craziness. He wants to find the killer to bring justice to Anna. His search brings him to places that neither he nor the reader could have forseen. This is described realistically and is interesting to the reader. Donnally is the kind of detective who keeps on a case until it is solved. The reader enjoyes his attitude and roots for his success. A well written and enjoyable novel that makes me want to read more from this author.
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JENNIFER GRAZIANO
May 27, 2025
Origin of the alphabet; number line, computer is the same place. There isn't a calendar without a programmer; different ones in society are for companies to supply basic utilities; motor vehicles, food clothes & shelter. Computer programs give the answers to outstanding questions; humans do not. They also drive all artificial moving objects; humans do not. One program designs all the building and a different one does cars; the program includes after they are built schedules for them and us. Cameras are a derivative of computer separate from video recorder for unreal pictures and photograph obstructing justice to disappear or vanish includes video tapes & DVD's.
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About the author

Steven Gore is a former private investigator turned “masterful” writer (Publishers Weekly), who combines “a command of storytelling” with “insider knowledge” (Library Journal). With a unique voice honed on the street and in the Harlan Donnally and Graham Gage novels, Gore’s stories are grounded in his decades spent investigating murder; fraud; organized crime; corruption; and drug, sex, and arms trafficking throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has been featured on 60 Minutes and honored for investigative excellence. Gore lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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