The Good Liar

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[A] compelling and suspenseful study of complicity... a stand-out read * Guardian * Intelligent as ever, Mina judiciously orchestrates suspense and anatomises issues of class - and even the nature of truth -- Financial Times The UK's finest living writer of crime ... No one gets under the skin of characters quite the way Mina does. She's sublime, and this book is too -- Abir Mukherjee * The Times * A characteristically thoughtful and complex thriller from Mina * Mail on Sunday * Authentic, compelling and written with wit so sharp it'll cut your fingers. Once again, Denise Mina shows the rest of us how it's done -- Erin Kelly A tightly wound thriller and a sharp portrait of the British upper class...Like most of Mina's protagonists, Claudia is complex and convincing...Money, corporate corruption, personal revenge: Each murder motive is revealed with impeccable timing. * Wall Street Journal * Part of what makes Mina such an interesting writer is that the science is a background to the moral and ethical questions she is posing ... taut ... the topics she chooses are serious and urgent' -- Scotsman Filled with intelligence, intensity, and empathy, The Good Liar is a taut, propulsive mystery about family, truth, and morality. Denise Mina is such a talent -- Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Note Denise Mina sets the gold standard in crime fiction that is whip-smart, funny and insightful. This has it all: a cat and mouse game with the highest stakes, diabolically clever forensics, and characters that crackle from the page. Blisteringly good. -- Sarah Hilary, author of the Marnie Rome series This is Denise Mina at her blazing, blood-splattered best. Protagonist Doctor Claudia is the bee's knees, and you can tell Mina's having a blast in her company. You will too -- Lucy Worsley As persuasive as the storytelling is, the real hook is Mina's voice. Devastatingly angry and acidic, its sceptical, desert-dry wit gives Claudia and others - many of whom are more than they seem at first - the sharp edges that make this book gleam * Irish Times *