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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Karen Pirie returns . . . Pre-order Past Lying, the eagerly-awaited new Karen Pirie thriller, publishing October 2023
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1989. The world is on the brink of revolution and journalist Allie Burns is a woman on a mission. When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society s most vulnerable, Allie is determined to investigate and give voice to the silenced.

Elsewhere, a ticking clock begins the countdown to a murder. As Allie begins to connect the dots and edges closer to exposing the truth, it is more shocking than she ever imagined. There s nothing like a killer story, and to tell it, Allie must risk her freedom and her life . . .

The brand-new unmissable, heart-stopping thriller from number one bestseller, Val McDermid
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Praise for the Allie Burns series

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

A masterly setter of scene SCOTSMAN