Lying Beside You
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4.4 • 48 Ratings
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- $24.99
Publisher Description
TWO MISSING WOMEN. ONE WITNESS. SO MANY LIES . . . The brand-new thriller by the number-one bestselling and award-winning master of crime
Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven's family was murdered. Only he and his brother survived. Cyrus because he hid. Elias because he was the killer.
Now Elias is being released from a secure psychiatric hospital and Cyrus, a forensic psychologist, must decide if he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood.
As he prepares for the homecoming, Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man is dead and his daughter, Maya, is missing. Then a second woman is abducted . . . The only witness is Evie Cormac, a troubled teenager with an incredible gift: she can tell when you are lying.
Both missing women have dark secrets that Cyrus must unravel to find them - and he and Evie know better than anybody how the past can come back to haunt you . . .
This breathtaking new thriller from the #1 bestselling author will keep you guessing until the very end.
Customer Reviews
Another class act
4.5 stars
Author
Australian journalist turned ghostwriter turned crime novelist. Two-times Gold Dagger winner (2015 and 2020), twice Edgar best novel finalist (2016 and 2020) and winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2021). Mr R’s first novel, The Suspect (2004), was the start of a series involving a London psychologist afflicted with Parkinson’s disease named Joe O’Loughlin, who assists police with their enquiries, as they say in the classics. Mr R pensioned Joe off when his Parkinson’s got too bad, and replaced him with a younger criminal psychologist Cyrus Haven, who has a shedload of problems from his own childhood.
Plot
Our boy’s schizophrenic big brother is about to be released from the psych hospital where he’s been locked up in since he butchered the rest of the family 20 years ago. (Our boy arrived home late from football practice, hid and survived.) Before that, he’s called out by police after a young woman disappears. Then another one does. The only witness is Evie, a disturbed now 20-year-old girl, an orphaned refugee from Albania (see previous volumes), who boards with Cyrus. Yada, yada. Investigation. Twists. Turns. Resolution following dramatic ending involving unlikely hero.
Prose
Genre writing of the highest quality. The storyline doesn’t feel nearly as improbable as it really is.
Characters
Cyrus, Evie, and the female police inspector grow as characters with each new volume of the series. The supporting cast is developed as well as needs be to support them.
Bottom line
Another class act from Mr Robotham.