Description
Product ID: | 9781529062014 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Simply Lies |
Authors: | Author: David Baldacci |
Page Count: | 432 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Virginia |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Mare of Easttown meets Killing Eve in this gripping cat-and-mouse standalone thriller by one of the world’s favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci. <p><i><b>'This is Baldacci at his formidable best, teasing the reader with hints and suggestions while pushing the story forward at breakneck pace. Do not miss it.' Sunday Times</b></i><br><br><b>Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci. </b><br><br><b><i>Simply Lies </i>is an intense thriller featuring Mickey Gibson, a former New Jersey detective, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.</b><br><br><b>NO TRUTH</b><br><br>Former Jersey City detective and single mother of two, Mickey Gibson, now works for global investigation company, ProEye, to track down assets of the wealthy who have tried to avoid their creditors. One day she gets a call from a colleague, Arlene Robinson, asking her to visit the home of a notorious arms dealer who has cheated some of ProEye’s clients in the past. Mickey arrives at the mansion to discover the body of a man hidden in a secret room.<br><br><b>NO LIMITS</b><br><br>It turns out that nothing is at it seems. The arms dealer did not exist, and nobody at ProEye knew of Arlene Robinson. Mickey had been tricked and now the cops were involved. The body was that of Harry Langhorne, who’d been in Witness Protection having had links with the mob.<br><br><b>NO FEAR</b><br><br>Now begins a cat-and-mouse showdown between hardened ex-cop, Mickey, and a woman with sociopathic tendencies who has no name and a mysterious past. She intends to get what she wants and people who get in her way will die. For Mickey to stop her, she must first discover her true identity and what damaged her all those years ago. And the truth behind why she selected Micky to become her nemesis . . .</p> |
Imprint Name: | Macmillan |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-04-13 |