{"product_id":"9781408729090","title":"Past Lying : The twisty new Karen Pirie thriller, now a major ITV series","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): McDermid, Val \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/02\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 512 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781408729090,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKAREN 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 shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren can't ignore the plot's 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 there's a problem: the author died before he finished it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Queen of Crime Val McDermid is at the top of her game in her most gripping and fiendishly clever case yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Val McDermid'McDermid is at her considerable best' GUARDIAN'Irresistible' PATRICIA CORNWELL'A brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre' PETER JAMES'Outstanding' SPECTATOR'Another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI'Sensational. One of Britain's most accomplished writers' SUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42264258248748,"sku":"9781408729090","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781408729090.jpg?v=1702392855","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781408729090","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}