Past Lying

Author: Val McDermid

Crime & mystery | Thriller / suspense

Published on 1^st February 2024 by Little, Brown Book Group (Sphere) in the United Kingdom as part of the Karen Pirie series.

Paperback / softback | 512 pages
127mm x 197mm x 35mm | 348g

KAREN PIRIE RETURNS. A MASTERFUL THRILLER BY THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER VAL MCDERMIDEdinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldnt be surprised when an authors manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.

Karen cant ignore the plots chilling similarities to the unsolved case of an Edinburgh University student who vanished from her own doorstep. The manuscript seems to be the key to unlocking what happened to Lara Hardie, but theres a problem: the author died before he finished it.

As Karen digs deeper, she uncovers a spiralling game of betrayal and revenge, where lies are indistinguishable from the truth and with more than one unexpected twist . . .

The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is at the top of her game in her most gripping and fiendishly clever case yet.

Praise for Val McDermidMcDermid is at her considerable best GUARDIANIrresistible PATRICIA CORNWELLA brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre PETER JAMESOutstanding SPECTATORAnother masterpiece DAVID BALDACCISensational. One of Britains most accomplished writers SUNDAY EXPRESS