{"product_id":"9780802161499","title":"Past Lying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order the twisty new Karen Pirie thriller, now a major BritBox series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this latest installment to her acclaimed detective series, internationally bestselling author Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a propulsive new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against the disquiet and investigative challenges of a global pandemic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHailed as Britain’s “Queen of Crime” (\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e), Val McDermid is the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of over thirty novels that have enthralled readers for the past three decades. The long-awaited seventh novel in McDermid’s acclaimed Karen Pirie series, \u003ci\u003ePast Lying\u003c\/i\u003e is a breakneck collision of ego, retribution, and just how far one will go to settle the score.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s April 2020 and Edinburgh is in lockdown, but that doesn’t mean crime takes a holiday. It would seem like a strange time for a cold case to go hot—the streets all but empty, an hour’s outdoor exercise the maximum allowed—but when a source at the National Library contacts DCI Karen Pirie’s team about documents in the archive of a recently deceased crime novelist, it seems it’s game on again. What unspools is a twisted game of betrayal and revenge, but no one quite expects how many twists it will turn out to have. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTense, atmospheric, and relentlessly captivating, \u003ci\u003ePast Lying\u003c\/i\u003e is another winner from Val McDermid, and new and longtime readers alike will delight in this triumphant return to a stellar series. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Val McDermid","offers":[{"title":"Grove\/Atlantic |  Hardback | With dust jacket |  2023-11-24","offer_id":44230060900607,"sku":"9780802161499","price":40.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86858b3a-446a-45c5-acef-37fa49275fe3.jpg?v=1692996776","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780802161499","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}