The Good Liar by Denise Mina - ISBN: 9781529931785
Paperback
Lies sent him to prison, but the truth could kill her.

The Good Liar

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    2 June 2026

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Summary

What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie? This is the question a blood spatter expert grapples with when she realises she sent the wrong person to prison.

The 20th novel from NYT bestseller and Costa-shortlisted crime writer Denise Mina, for fans of Tana French and Elly Griffiths.

FROM THE NY TIMES and Costa shortlisted author, comes a NEW standalone thriller

The truth might set her free … but will it be the death of her?

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529931785
ISBN-10:1529931789
Author:Denise Mina
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:2 June 2026
Weight:193g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 17mm
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Critics Review

[A] compelling and suspenseful study of complicity… a stand-out read * Guardian *Intelligent as ever, Mina judiciously orchestrates suspense and anatomises issues of class - and even the nature of truth – Financial TimesThe UK’s finest living writer of crime … No one gets under the skin of characters quite the way Mina does. She’s sublime, and this book is too – Abir Mukherjee * The Times *A characteristically thoughtful and complex thriller from Mina * Mail on Sunday *Authentic, compelling and written with wit so sharp it’ll cut your fingers. Once again, Denise Mina shows the rest of us how it’s done – Erin KellyA tightly wound thriller and a sharp portrait of the British upper class…Like most of Mina’s protagonists, Claudia is complex and convincing…Money, corporate corruption, personal revenge: Each murder motive is revealed with impeccable timing. * Wall Street Journal *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 … taut … the topics she chooses are serious and urgent’ – ScotsmanFilled 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 NoteDenise Mina sets the gold standard in crime fiction that is whip-smart, funny and insightful. This has it all: a cat and mouse game with the highest stakes, diabolically clever forensics, and characters that crackle from the page. Blisteringly good. – Sarah Hilary, author of the Marnie Rome seriesThis is Denise Mina at her blazing, blood-splattered best. Protagonist Doctor Claudia is the bee’s knees, and you can tell Mina’s having a blast in her company. You will too – Lucy Worsley

About The Author

Denise Mina

Denise Mina is the bestselling author of the Garnethill trilogy, the Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series, as well as historical novels Rizzio, Three Fires and The Second Murderer, a Philip Marlowe novel for the Chandler estate. She has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice, the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year twice, the Gordon Burn Prize and was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2014. Denise also writes graphic novels and plays, and presents television and radio programmes. She studied law and forensic examination at Glasgow University and taught criminology and criminal law part-time at Strathclyde University. Denise lives and works in Glasgow. The Good Liar is her twentieth novel.

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