The Lies You Wrote

In a novel of suspense by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of A Familiar Sight, a brilliant forensic linguist investigates a double murder that mirrors a decades-old crime, and as old and new crimes converge, messages from the living and the confessions of the dead take on new meaning, leaving her vulnerable to a deadly twist.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 01 January 2024
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

For a brilliant forensic linguist, crimes of the past hold clues to new series of murders in a twisting novel of suspense by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of A Familiar Sight.

The double murder of a married couple in a small Washington town draws FBI forensic linguist Raisa Susanto into an investigation that mirrors a decades-old crime. Twenty-five years ago—to the day—Alex Parker murdered his parents, then took his own life, leaving behind a note admitting everything. Raisa, paired with forensic psychologist Callum Kilkenny, uses her skills to read between the lines. Especially now that paranoid postings on a conspiracy thread suggest that Alex was a victim himself—theories that have piqued the interest of a perceptive content moderator and a true-crime podcaster eager for a big break.

As old and new crimes converge, messages from the living and the confessions of the dead take on new meaning for Raisa. Something more sinister than a copycat crime is at play, and plundering the darkest corners of a killer's mind leaves her vulnerable to a deadly twist even she never saw coming.

Weight: 356g
Dimension: 137 x 214 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781662511363