Michael Robotham

Six years ago, Evie Cormac was discovered, filthy and half-starved, hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a shocking crime. Now approaching adulthood, Evie is damaged, self-destructive and has never revealed her true identity. Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven is called upon to assess Evie and finds she has a unique and dangerous gift - she knows when someone is lying. And nobody is telling the truth...

Alisha Barba's dreams of being a detective were shattered when a murder suspect broke her back across a brick wall. Now on her feet again, with her police career in limbo, she receives a message from an old school friend, Cate Beaumont, who is eight months pregnant and in trouble.

On the night they arrange to meet, Cate is mown down by a car that kills her husband instantly. As paramedics fight to save her life they discover there is no baby. Her pregnancy is an elaborate lie, a cruel deception.

Why? What happened? As Alisha sets out to answer these questions she is drawn deeper and deeper into a dangerous quest that will take her from the East End of London to Amsterdam's red light district and into a murky underworld of sex trafficking, slavery and exploitation.

William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. But when their son Joe is summoned to the hospital with news that his father has been brutally attacked, his world is turned upside down. Who is the strange woman crying at William's bedside, covered in his blood - a friend, a mistress, a fantasist or a killer? As he learns more, Joe discovers sides to his father he never knew - and is forcibly reminded that the truth comes at a price.

Joseph O'Laughlin appears to have a perfect life, beautiful wife; loving family and successful career. But nothing can be taken for granted, and the most flawless existence can soon unravel. All it took for Joseph's life to fall apart was a murdered girl, a troubled patient and the biggest lie of his life.