Two missing women, one witness, so many lies… Lying Beside You is the brand-new thriller by the number-one bestselling and award-winning master of crime, Michael Robotham.
Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven’s family was murdered. Only he and his brother survived. Cyrus because he hid. Elias because he was the killer. Now Elias is being released from a secure psychiatric hospital and Cyrus, a forensic psychologist, must decide if he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood.
As he prepares for the homecoming, Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man is dead and his daughter, Maya, is missing. Then a second woman is abducted. The only witness is Evie Cormac, a troubled teenager with an incredible gift: she can tell when you are lying.
Both missing women have dark secrets that Cyrus must unravel to find them – and he and Evie know better than anybody how the past can come back to haunt you.
Michael Robotham has been busy of late, with television adaptations of his books The Secrets She Keeps and The Suspect. To keep his fans satisfied, this two-time winner of the UK’s prestigious Gold Dagger Award, has written a third instalment in his Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac series – and we couldn’t be more excited.
If you’re as much of a Robotham fan as we are, chances are you have already read book #1 and #2 in this series, Good Girl, Bad Girl and When She Was Good. While Lying Beside You can be read as a standalone, this book really expands upon the character development of Cyrus and Evie that hooked readers in the first two books. Short and sharp chapters move between the first-person narration of both characters, whose lives have become intertwined since Cyrus took the troubled young Evie under his wing in Good Girl, Bad Girl. The inner workings of both their minds – Cyrus as a forensic psychologist, and Evie with her special abilities – make them a fascinating duo. Their complex, sad backstories unravel more deeply in this novel, adding to the page-turning suspense.
This breathtaking new thriller from Robotham will keep you guessing until the very end. The crime master shows no signs of slowing down, and his latest novel proves once again why he’s one of our best writers.
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