#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Punishment She
Deserves Elizabeth George has millions of fans following her Inspector
Lynley series. As USA Today put it, "It's tough to resist George's
storytelling, once hooked." With Believing the Lie, she's poised to
hook countless more.
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to
investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's
uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has
been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates
otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and
Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough
clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.
Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect--Bernard's prodigal son
Nicholas, a recovering drug addict--leads her to Nicholas's wife, a
woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as
she is beautiful. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest
of the family, including the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left
her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the
Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion
threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim,
the troubled son Ian left behind.