The Good Liar

“Filled with intelligence, intensity, and empathy, The Good Liar is a taut, propulsive mystery about family, truth, and morality. Denise Mina is such a talent.”—Alafair Burke, New York TImes bestselling author of The Note

“Both a tightly wound thriller and a sharp portrait of the British upper class…Like most of Ms. Mina’s protagonists, Claudia is complex and convincing…Money, corporate corruption, personal revenge: Each murder motive is revealed with impeccable timing. And each revelation brings danger closer to Claudia’s door, particularly when she stumbles on the true cause of her own husband’s death.”—Wall Street Journal

“Mina will keep readers in suspense as she weaves a complex web of personal and professional relationships with gruesome crime scene details and high-stakes life choices. Mystery fans will love this.”—Booklist

“Outstanding. . . . Mina builds nerve-shredding suspense.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Morally complex."—The Washington Post

“A moment of triumph turns into terror in this dark thriller…Mina has long been adept at suspenseful pacing and at creating flawed but engaging characters, and here she paints Claudia as something of an anthropologist—a Glasgow native, she’s constantly trying to interpret the codes and hierarchies of the English upper classes. As her search for the killer intensifies, it both expands into other dark doings and draws alarmingly close to home. A shocking but satisfying ending caps off this taut tale of murder among the privileged.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“No one gets under the skin of characters quite the way Mina does. She's sublime, and this book is too.”—Abir Mukherjee, author of Hunted

“Claudia's attempts to decode a privileged world as she wrestles with her conscience make this suspenseful study of complicity a stand-out read.”—The Guardian (UK)

“Part of what makes Mina such an interesting writer is that the science is a background to the moral and ethical questions she is posing, not an end in itself. . . . I would not call Mina a crusading writer, but there is a feeling that the topics she chooses are not random, but serious and urgent.”—The Scotsman (UK)

“Intelligent as ever, Mina judiciously orchestrates suspense and anatomises issues of class—and even the nature of truth.”—Financial Times (UK)

Praise for Denise Mina

“A one-of-a-kind storyteller."—James Patterson

"Whip-smart...you'll find yourself hooked."—People

“This book is like a perfectly crafted puzzle and you want to put all the pieces together.”—Reese Witherspoon