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The Good Liar
By (Author) Denise Mina
Vintage Publishing
Harvill Secker
5th August 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Psychological thriller
Paperback
272
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 40mm
700g
Blood washes off, but guilt stains . . . A brand new suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling, Costa-shortlisted author Denise Mina, for fans of Tana French, Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths. ** FROM THE NY TIMES bestselling and Costa shortlisted author, comes a NEW standalone thriller** Blood washes off, but guilt stains . . . When blood spatter expert Claudia O'Shiel finds herself on stage to talk about the most famous criminal case in recent history, she has a choice to make- explain how her evidence put away the man responsible for the brutal double murder Or tell them the truth - that the real killer is still out there, and if she tries to expose this conspiracy, it won't just be her life on the line. A taut, intelligent suspense novel for fans of Val McDermid, Elly Griffiths and Tana French, The Good Liar is about power, class, and the lengths we're willing to go for family. Praise for Denise Mina 'Crime-writing royalty' IAN RANKIN 'A delight' ANN CLEEVES 'Highly original' THE TIMES 'Darkly brilliant' OBSERVER
Denise Mina is the author of the Garnethill trilogy, the Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series, as well as historical novels Rizzio and Three Fires. She has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice and was inducted into the Crime Writers' Association Hall of Fame in 2014. The Long Drop won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2017 as well as the Gordon Burn Prize and was named by The Times as one of the top ten crime novels of the decade. Conviction was the co-winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2019 and was selected for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club. Denise has also written plays and graphic novels, and presented television and radio programmes. She lives and works in Glasgow.