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The Lying Man

Detective Kat Ballantyne, Book 4

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The Lying Man

By: Andy Maslen
Narrated by: Ell Potter
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A famous victim. A locked room. Dark secrets. For DS Ballantyne, murder isn’t black and white.

DS Kat Ballantyne came to the crime-writing festival for an escape. Instead she’s walked straight into a murder scene.

Moments before he’s due on stage, a famous novelist is found dead in a locked room. It looks like natural causes, but Kat sees tiny clues that suggest murder. As she investigates, she uncovers literary rivalries, personal vendettas and hidden agendas. Is there anyone who didn’t have a motive to murder Mark Swift?

As the case takes a turn for the darker, Kat finds herself in a world where the line between right and wrong is blurred. Can she bring Swift’s killer to justice? And, if so, should she?

©2025 Andy Maslen. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Murder
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l skipped through much of this book then forced myself to go back and actually listen. However l found this book - not to my interst at all.

The characters tedious
The plot predictable

l was unable to engage with this book

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