The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay (Bibliolifestyle Book Tour)

 

Thank you, Partner @bibliolifestyle @williammorrowbooks for the review copy of The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay.

If you could be moved anywhere else and become anything else as part of the witness protection program, what would you choose?  I think I would choose to be an English Literature Professor in Hawaii.

Jack Givins is a down on his luck author.  He is happy to get hired by the U.S. Marshalls to write back stories for people that are placed in the witness protection program.  He thinks it’s a great opportunity to ask them about his dad, who entered the program when Jack was only 9.  There is only one problem, his dad has recently gone missing, and the U.S. Marshalls do not know where he is.  Where has he gone, and will Jack find him?

I really liked this unique plot.  Barclay writes riveting thrillers. This is a quick moving read.  He kept me guessing throughout the story which I liked.  The story was told mostly from Jack’s point of view, but there are also other characters with related storylines who get to narrate, including his father.  I liked seeing where all of these pieces of the story led and loved the twist.

The Lie Maker was published today May 16, 2023.