On this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Occasions bestselling writer of Discover You First and Take Your Breath Away, a person desperately tries to trace down his father–who was taken into witness safety years in the past–earlier than his enemies can get to him.
Your dad’s not a great individual. Your dad killed folks, son.
These are a number of the final phrases Jack Givins’ father spoke to him earlier than he was whisked away by witness safety, leaving Jack and his mom to select up the shattered items of their lives as greatest they might.
Years later, Jack is a grown man with issues of his personal. He’s a gifted however struggling writer, barely scraping by on the royalties from his reasonably profitable first guide. So when the U.S. Marshals method him with a profitable alternative, he’s in no place to show them down. They’re recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for folks in witness safety–folks like Jack’s father.
The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, however he quickly realizes this can be an opportunity to search out his dad. Solely there’s one downside–Jack’s father hasn’t made contact along with his handlers lately, they usually don’t know the place he’s. He could possibly be in severe hazard, and Jack often is the just one who can discover him.
However how will he discover a man he’s by no means actually identified? A person who has accomplished horrible issues in his lifetime and made some lethal enemies within the course of–enemies who wouldn’t suppose twice about utilizing his personal son towards him.
E book Information: Print size: 377 pages. Writer: HQ. Publication Date: 31 Aug 2023
My Ideas:
Linwood Barclay is certainly one of my go-to authors once I want a assured good guide, one thing I do know might be quick paced, entertaining and extremely readable and The Lie Maker isn’t any exception.
Jack Givins is an writer. He’s had two books revealed however is struggling to get his third guide on the market. Cash is tight so when his agent affords him a job writing background tales for folks within the Witness Safety Programme for plenty of cash he can’t flip it down and the truth that Jack’s father went into the Witness Safety Programme when Jack was solely 9 years outdated additionally makes this task private.
When Jack discovers his father hasn’t made contact along with his handlers for some time, he believes he could also be in peril and units about looking for him collectively along with his girlfriend Lana.
As with all Barclay’s books, the tempo is quick, the motion is packed and the plot is tense. If you’re on the lookout for an entertaining thriller which ought to maintain you on the sting of your seats, then choose up The Lie Maker now.
