How do you protect your family when you can't remember who's hunting them? A gripping international thriller, perfect for fans of Lee Child and Mason CrossA family in England is massacred, the father left holding the shotgun.PC Lucy Davies is convinced he's innocentA sleeper agent in Moscow requests an urgent meeting with Dan Forrester, referencing their shared past.His amnesia means he has no idea who he can trust.An aging oligarch in Siberia gathers his henchmen to discuss an English accountant.It's Dan's wifeFrom acclaimed and award-winning author CJ Carver, this is the next gripping international thriller in her brilliant Dan Forrester series.PRAISE FOR CJ CARVER"Hard, fast and real - a solid gold A-grade thriller" Lee Child"A terrific page-turner. Heart-stopping action and a heroine with guile as well as guts" Harlan Coben"CJ Carver gives us everything: high-octane action, vivid characters, and thought-provoking mystery" Meg Gardiner, author of The Burning Mind"CJ Carver is a top notch thriller writer" Simon KernickNothing short of brilliant . . . Carver has created a wonderful story here, sort of Jason Bourne meets Silence of the Lambs' (Michael Jecks, author of Blood on the Sands)
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: C. J. Carver
EAN: 9781785760358
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 391 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Zaffre
DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-01-12
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GENRE: FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Espionage and spy 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., High-octane, Jason Bourne game-playing Brit noir, Brilliantly and intricately plotted, C J Carver has produced another explosive read. Don't miss it., An adrenalin-rush of a novel with plenty of heart, Tell Me a Lie is a page-turning thrill
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
