Lie Maker

'Another perfect page-turner' The Times A triumph from the master thriller writer The SunIn this twisty thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author, a man desperately tries to track down his father in witness protection before his enemies can get to him.Your dad s not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.These are some of the last words Jack Givins s father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives.Years later, Jack is a struggling author, recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection. Jack realises this may be a chance to find his dad but then he discovers he s gone missing, and he could be in serious danger.Jack knows he has to track him down. But how will he find a man he s never truly known? And how will he evade his father s deadly enemies enemies who wouldn t think twice about using his own son against him?*****PRAISE FOR THE LIE MAKER: Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner The Times Pacy and tense, it s a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster The Sun'Twisty, emotional, surprising, and told at a breakneck pace a read-in-one-sitting kind of story' David Koepp Engrossing and moving, full of clever plot twists, this is great crime writing Literary Review You ll be left speed-reading towards the end The Independent A master of the intricately plotted psychological thriller genre Women s Weekly A totally absorbing, two-fisted conspiracy thriller told with characteristic aplomb full of gasp-inducing twists and oodles of tension brilliant stuff Neil Lancaster'Barclay ( Look Both Ways) nails this riveting standalone thriller Crafty plotting and rich characters make this a winner' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review