Alan Hruska is the author of the novels Wrong Man Running, Pardon the Ravens, It Happened at Two in the Morning, the writer of several plays produced in New York and London, and the writer and director of the films Reunion, The Warrior Class, and, most recently, The Man on Her Mind. A New York native and a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, he is a former trial lawyer who was involved in the some of the most significant litigation of the last half of the twentieth century. The Inglorious Arts is his fifth novel.
""Alec Brno is a magician whose specialty is making cases disappear... [A] well-executed legal thriller."" — Booklist ""Hruska’s lively follow-up to 2015’s Pardon the Ravens amps up the previous book’s mix of legal and Mafia shenanigans.... The fast pacing and frequent threats, legal and otherwise, keep it on course."" —Publishers Weekly Praise for Alan Hruska’s Thrillers ""Beautifully written and beautifully imagined. [M]ight be the best psychological suspense you’ll read this year—or this decade..” — Lee Child, author of the New York Times–bestselling Jack Reacher novels “Mr. Hruska—himself a former lawyer—is at his thriller-writing best.” — Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal “As good as the best offerings of Turow, Grisham, and other legal-thriller hitmakers.” — Booklist “It’s like some excellent Hitchcock—39 Steps, North by Northwest.” — Kirkus Reviews ""Alan Hruska brings it all—sounds, smells, tastes, and attitude—to life with passion."" — Cara Black, author of the New York Times–bestselling Aimée Leduc series “An erudite legal thriller.” — Library Journal “Grabs readers and leaves them hanging on for dear life…excellent dialogue and nonstop action.” — Suspense Magazine