Simply Lies
A Psychological Thriller
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4.1 • 113 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man comes a twisting new psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a dangerous con artist—go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse.
Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats.
When Mickey gets a call from a colleague named Arlene Robinson, she thinks nothing of Arlene’s unusual request for her to go inventory the vacant home of an arms dealer who cheated ProEye’s clients and fled. That is, until she arrives at the mansion to discover a dead body in a secret room—and that nothing is as it seems.
Not only does the arms dealer not exist but the murder victim turns out to be Harry Langhorne, a man with mob ties who used to be in Witness Protection. What’s more, no one named Arlene Robinson works at ProEye.
In the blink of an eye, Gibson has become a prime suspect in a murder investigation—and now her job is also on the line until she proves that she was set up. Before long, Gibson is locked in a battle of wits with a brilliant woman with no name, a hidden past, and unknown motives—whose end game is as mysterious as it is deadly.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We love David Baldacci’s mysteries featuring characters like Amos Decker, aka the Memory Man—and this cat-and-mouse thriller feels like the start to another great series. Former police detective and newly divorced single mom Mickey Gibson has worked out a pretty sweet stay-at-home gig as a remote investigator with a corporation specializing in tracking financial misdeeds. Then one day, she gets a routine assignment…that turns up a dead body. Now Mickey is the prime suspect in a murder, drawing her into a dance with Clarisse, the mysterious con artist who sent her into this terrible trap. It’s clear that Baldacci had a lot of fun with the complicated relationship between these two strong female characters, and his complex plot—which involves cryptocurrencies and NFTs—feels extremely current.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Baldacci (The 6:20 Man) is at his best in this standalone thriller about an ex-cop and single mother who's drawn into a murder investigation. Mickey Gibson has found some stability after her husband divorced her while she was pregnant with their second child, having moved to Williamsburg, Va., to be near family and joined investigative firm ProEye. Her new normal is rocked, though, when she's called by a woman named Arlene Robinson, who says she's working with Mickey's boss and assigns her to inventory the contents of a recently foreclosed mansion. When Mickey arrives at the house, she discovers the decomposing corpse of an elderly man and immediately becomes a person of interest in his death—especially after police learn that ProEye has never heard of anyone named Arlene Robinson. As Mickey tries desperately to clear her name, she's drawn further into a shadowy plot orchestrated by the woman calling herself Arlene. Baldacci keeps the twists coming fast and furious in this tense page-turner, never losing credibility even as it takes bigger and bigger swings. Readers will fall in love with Mickey and hold their breath for her through to the very end.
Customer Reviews
A slow read.
This book was slow . I finally got interested in about chapter 70. I was quite surprised because every other book written by David Baldacci captures your undivided attention in the first paragraph of Chapter 1. Normally I cannot stop reading the book. This one I was able to put down and go back to it later. There were too many characters which made it confusing and difficult to remember who was who. I have read every book by David Baldacci and this is the first book I have been disappointed in. He is my favourite author.