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Simply Lies

By: David Baldacci
Narrated by: Corey Carthew, Lisa Flanagan
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Summary

'This is Baldacci at his formidable best, teasing the reader with hints and suggestions while pushing the story forward at breakneck pace. Do not miss it.' Sunday Times

Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci.

Simply Lies is an intense thriller featuring Mickey Gibson, a former New Jersey detective, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.

NO TRUTH

Former Jersey City detective and single mother of two, Mickey Gibson, now works for global investigation company, ProEye, to track down assets of the wealthy who have tried to avoid their creditors. One day she gets a call from a colleague, Arlene Robinson, asking her to visit the home of a notorious arms dealer who has cheated some of ProEye’s clients in the past. Mickey arrives at the mansion to discover the body of a man hidden in a secret room.

NO LIMITS

It turns out that nothing is at it seems. The arms dealer did not exist, and nobody at ProEye knew of Arlene Robinson. Mickey had been tricked and now the cops were involved. The body was that of Harry Langhorne, who’d been in Witness Protection having had links with the mob.

NO FEAR

Now begins a cat-and-mouse showdown between hardened ex-cop, Mickey, and a woman with sociopathic tendencies who has no name and a mysterious past. She intends to get what she wants and people who get in her way will die. For Mickey to stop her, she must first discover her true identity and what damaged her all those years ago. And the truth behind why she selected Micky to become her nemesis . . .

©2023 David Baldacci (P)2023 Hachette Audio
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Baldacci is the master of American detective stories. He captures Los Angeles like no other (Jeffrey Archer author of Next in Line )

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Love this new character

I really enjoyed this book. I’d love to see this character to continue… be interested to see what happens next.

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Interesting, fresh new character. However……..

Mr Baldacci has the best narrators in the business and this book is no exception. The new character is likeable and without giving away anything, the story is intriguing and moves along at a good pace. However, it should be noted, there are descriptions of child abuse. I avoid stories which contain this subject but this isn't in the book's synopsis. I believe it should be.

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messy plot

it was a real struggle getting through this one. I'm a big Baldacci fan but this story was all over the place

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I love books of all genres but it’s rare for me to award 5 stars. I don’t know what it was about this story that spoke to me but I was gripped from the get go and couldn’t stop listening. I only purchased the book yesterday and have finished it just 26 hours later. Can’t recommend highly enough, especially for those that love a book with a strong female lead.

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Another great book from baldacci

Enjoyed new Character’s struggled at first with the two voices being similar during interactions but soon disappeared. Would recommend

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intriguing

so many players that got confused at times , but it all came together brilliantly.

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Great plot

Just another great read, plenty of interesting characters and more besides. Highly recommended if you like a few twists and turns

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Great story

Great story. Was t sure at first if I would enjoy this book but soon got enthralled by the story and kept me guessing until the end. Will look out for more books in the future if the charcters continue

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Another David Baldacci Classic

Have read many David Baldcci novels and this one as many of his books do; takes a different approach and contains many surprises. The quality of the audio recording is excellent. Impatient to read the next novel in the series, that is thought provoking.

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More brilliance from Baldacci!

Loved the female key character! A working mum detective as the no.1 character- superbly relatable

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