A gripping suspense thriller for fans of Angela Marsons, MJ Arlidge and Peter May, from CWA Debut Dagger winner CJ CarverA SUICIDE. A MURDER. A CONSPIRACY. DIGGING UP THE PAST CAN BE DEADLY . . .A thirteen-year-old boy commits suicide.A sixty-five-year old man dies of a heart attack. Dan Forrester, ex-MI5 officer, is connected to them both. And when he discovers that his godson and his father have been murdered, he teams up with his old friend, DC Lucy Davies, to find answers.But as the pair investigate, they unravel a dark and violent mystery stretching decades into the past and uncover a terrible secret. A secret someone will do anything to keep buried . . . 'A top notch thriller writer' SIMON KERNICK 'Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Mason Cross' GUARDIAN'One of the best thriller writers working today' TOM HARPER
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: C. J. Carver
EAN: 9781785760310
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 326 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Zaffre
DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-01-11
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GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
Crime and mystery fiction
Hard, fast and real - a solid gold A-grade thriller, Action-packed, high-stakes suspense, brilliant characters. A series to watch, A fast and ingenious thriller that pits the brilliantly addictive Forrester and Davies against a tense and chillingly real Russian conspiracy. Even better, Tell Me a Lie combines all the excitement of spooks, fast cars, guns and helicopters with brave and compassionate female characters who all pass the Bechdel Test with flying colours! I'm full of admiration, An adrenalin-rush of a novel with plenty of heart, Tell Me a Lie is a page-turning thrill, Carver has conjured up a story that is intriguing, twisting, and could so easily have been lifted from the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers. Know Me Now rattles along at breakneck speed like a runaway train - hold on tight because you're in for a hell of a ride
CJ Carver is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels that have been published in the US and translated into several languages.Blood Junction won the CWA Debut Dagger and was short listed for the USA Barry Award for best crime fiction novel of the year. Spare Me the Truth, the first in the Dan Forrester and Lucy Davies series, was a finalist in the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Best Crime Novel Award.CJ lived in Australia for ten years before becoming a travel writer and long-distance rally driver. CJ now lives just outside Bath.www.cjcarver.com