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by A.D. Garrett
In Everyone Lies by AD Garrett, DCI Kate Simms is on the fast track to nowhere. Five years ago she helped a colleague when she shouldn't have. She's been clawing her way back from a demotion ever since. Professor Nick Fennimore is a failed genetics student, successful gambler, betting agent, crime scene officer, chemistry graduate, toxicology specialist and one-time scientific advisor to the National Crime Faculty. He is the best there is, but ever since his wife and daughter disappeared he's been hiding away in Scotland, working as a forensics lecturer.
In Manchester, drug addicts are turning up dead and Simms' superior is only too pleased to hand the problem to her. Then a celebrity dies and the media gets interested. Another overdose victim shows up, but this time the woman has been systematically beaten and all identifying features removed. The evidence doesn't add up; Simms' superiors seem to be obstructing her investigation; and the one person she can't afford to associate with is the one man who can help: Fennimore.
"Starred Review. The brisk plot never strays with its complex exploration of prostitutes and crime lords and its affecting look at Kate and Nick's complicated relationship." - Publishers Weekly
"The pseudonymous pair who write as Garrett skillfully weave just enough of the crime-solving partners' past and hints about a more hopeful future to add even more suspense to the fast-paced plot." - Kirkus
Brilliantly melds a deep knowledge of forensic procedures with a riveting story." - D.J. McIntosh, Bestselling author of The Witch of Babylon.
"A pulse pounding thriller, which weaves expertly between evil on the streets and the dark side of police department politics...Simms and Fennimore are complex, compelling, and just plain marvelous." - Jeffery Deaver
"Awesome...What A. D. Garrett doesn't understand about forensic science and its applications isn't worth knowing. Ditto characterisation, plot and pace. A sterling debut." - Mo Hayder
"This is thriller writing at its best: prose that's startling in its pace and clarity, characters who come to life immediately and the bonus of knowing that all the forensic details are entirely accurate." - Ann Cleeves
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A. D. Garrett is the pseudonym for the writing collaboration of prize-winning thriller writer Margaret Murphy and forensic scientist Professor Dave Barclay. Margaret Murphy is the author of nine psychological thrillers. She lectures on writing and is a former Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow. Professor Barclay is a world renowned forensics expert and senior lecturer in forensic science at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Everyone Lies is their first collaboration.
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