The Good Liar

<p><b>'Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty' IAN RANKIN</b><br><br><b>What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie? </b><br><br>A year ago, a father and his fiancée were brutally stabbed in their opulent London townhouse, sparking the most high-profile murder investigation in recent history. Blood spatter expert Doctor Claudia O’Sheil’s evidence put the killer behind bars – or so everyone believes. Since the trial, Claudia’s learned a horrific truth: her evidence and her testimony were wrong. And someone she knows made sure of it.<br><br>Now, as she takes the stage to give a career-defining speech before London’s elite, Claudia faces a devastating choice. Protect her children and her livelihood with her continued complicity or blow the whole conspiracy apart and reveal the truth: not only is the real murderer still out there, they’re in the audience.<br><br>As Claudia steps toward the microphone, she revisits that fateful night. What really happened? And what speech will Claudia give?<br><br><b>From <i>The New York Times </i>bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author, Denise Mina, comes a</b><b> taut, intelligent thriller about power, class, and the lengths we're willing to go for family.<br><br><u>Praise for Denise Mina</u></b><br>'A delight' <b>ANN CLEEVES</b><br>'Highly original' <b><i>THE </i><i>TIMES </i></b><br>'Darkly brilliant'<b> <i>OBSERVER</i></b></p>