The Good Liar

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: MIRA, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Mass market paperback. Good. 407, [9] pages. Small tear at bottom of front cover. Laura Caldwell (October 24, 1967 - March 1, 2020) was a civil trial lawyer and also a law professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, founding director of Life After Innocence, published author of 14 novels and two non-fiction books. Caldwell's fictional work began in the 'chick lit' genre, and she soon turned to writing mysteries and thrillers, most recently focusing her attention on a returning character, Izzy McNeil. The series has received critical acclaim and nominations for prestigious industry awards. Caldwell is also a freelance magazine writer and has been widely published both domestically and internationally. When Liza sets up the newly divorced Kate with Michael Waller, an elegant man sixteen years her senior, neither woman expects Kate to fall for him so soon. The relationship is a whirlwind that enthralls Kate...and frightens Liza. Because Liza knows she may have introduced Kate to more than her dream man; she may have unwittingly introduced her to a dangerous world of secrets. And yet Kate marries Michael and follows him to a French-Canadian town called St. Marabel, where she begins to suspect that Michael isn't exactly who he seems. As each new suspicion arises, Kate finds herself investigation her husband, but what she doesn't know is that she's about to steer her friendship with Liza on a collision course that will race from the U.S. to Russia and from Canada to Brazil, and the betrayals she uncovers could cause the end of all of them. The Good Liar is an international thriller about a Chicago woman who finds that her new husband isn't who he seems, and is terrified when she starts to figure out that the best friend who set them up isn't who she seems either. Soon, she starts to realize that she can trust no one. Bestselling author Ken Bruen, says, "A complicated plot is handled with effortless skill, and an adrenaline-drenched narrative never lets up. The Good Liar crisscrosses the globe without ever hitting a false note. Switching from first person to third is one of the most difficult skills to do, but Laura Caldwell does it like a master.... The final scenes in Rio are worthy of Forsythe at the very top of his game. And the ending pages have a poignancy and lyricism rarely encountered in a thriller. The final line is true beauty.".