The Good Liar
The gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller from ‘Britain’s best living crime writer’ (Sunday Express)
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
If you were responsible for a miscarriage of justice would you admit it?
The truth can set you free. Or destroy your life.
‘So sharp it’ll cut your fingers' ERIN KELLY
'Mina at her blazing, blood-splattered best' LUCY WORSLEY
'A stand-out read' Guardian
'Propulsive mystery’ ALAFAIR BURKE
‘Blisteringly good' SARAH HILARY
Blood spatter expert Doctor Claudia O’Sheil’s evidence put a killer behind bars – or so everyone thinks. Since the trial, Claudia has learned a horrific truth: her evidence and her testimony were wrong.
Now as she takes the stage to give a speech before London’s elite specialists, Claudia has to choose: keep lying and leave the wronged killer behind bars or stand up, tell the truth and rip her life apart.
What would you do?
The McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2025 Finalist
More praise for Denise Mina
'Crime-writing royalty' IAN RANKIN
'A delight' ANN CLEEVES
'Highly original' THE TIMES
'Darkly brilliant' OBSERVER
'Denise Mina is a one-of-a-kind storyteller' JAMES PATTERSON
‘Britain's best living crime writer’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘Forensic, beautiful and gripping’ GRAHAM NORTON
‘Crime fiction at its very best’ JOSEPH KNOX
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This outstanding mystery from Mina (Three Fires) centers on forensic scientist Claudia Atkins O'Sheil, whose work with London's Metropolitan Police Department ensnares her in a high-stakes double murder investigation. In upscale Chester Terrace, Jonathan "Jonty" Phillips and his fiancée have been killed, with no clues left behind. Maura Langston, head of the Met, charges Stewart's alcoholic son William with the murders, but Claudia believes him to be innocent. Claudia's husband recently died in an accident, which she privately suspects was murder; when another victim dies in a similar manner before William's trial, her suspicions lead her to believe the culprit behind all four killings is someone highly revered among London's upper classes. Now, Cluadia must decide whether to lie about her theory of the case or compromise her job by revealing the truth during a speech she's set to give. With her two sons safely ensconced in their exclusive school, Claudia prepares to make a decision that will affect the lives of all involved. Mina builds nerve-shredding suspense by toggling back and forth between the moments before Claudia's speech and key pieces of the investigation. Here's hoping a sequel is in the works.
