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Paperback edition of the latest novel in Gardiner's series featuring Jo Beckett, who performs psychological autopsies. Ties in with the publication of new trade paperback "The Nightmare Thief".
Synopsis
When you have to take on the White House there's only one woman to call - Jo Beckett.
Book Details
Publisher:
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
Publication Date:
09-Jun-2011
ISBN:
9780007337637
Guardian review
The Liar's Lullaby by Meg Gardiner review
the guardian Fri 20 May 2011
A fine symmetry bookends The Liar's Lullaby. In the opening scene, Tasia McFarland, out-of-control, bipolar singer-songwriter and former wife of the US president, makes a dramatic entry on a stage on a zip-line; at the end Jo Beckett, forensic psychiatrist to San Francisco police department, body-rappels from a fifth floor window to escape a couple of crazed assassins. The first high wire act ends in carnage, the final one in rescue. Action scenes like these are full of just the kind of detailed, nail-biting drama that Gardiner does so well. More problematic are some of the intervening moments, since entering the minds of obsessive villains whether stalkers or far-right fanatics banging on about conspiracies quickly becomes repetitive. But this is a minor gripe. Gardiner is brilliant at making the highly implausible convincing, and switches effortlessly from high tension to tenderness and heartache. This series targets teens and young adults, but will appeal just as much to not-so-young adults.