Edited by anniekins at 10-10-2023 03:28
Stephen White's most recent bestseller, The Siege, featuredhis series character Sam Purdy in a relentlessly paced stand-alone thrillerthat critics hailed as "brilliantly conceived and executed"(Publishers Weekly) and "the best and most interesting terrorism thrillerI've seen." (The Washington Post) Now, in The Last Lie, White returns tohis Alan Gregory series roots with the popular characters and Boulder settingthat first launched him onto the bestseller lists and attracted legions offiercely loyal fans. Shortly after Alan and Lauren welcome their affluent newneighbors-a legal legend in women's rights law and his beautiful wife-thecouple hosts a housewarming party that ends in quiet disaster. One of theirguests, a young widow, elects to spend the night after indulging in too muchwine, only to wake the next morning with no memory beyond getting ready forbed. Was she drugged? Raped? Lauren, a deputy district attorney, and detectiveSam Purdy are both privy to facts they can't share with Alan, but Alan soondiscovers that he has a most unusual perspective into what truly happened afterthe housewarming party. Before Alan can discover all the pieces to the puzzle,an important witness to the events is murdered. Alan fears that otherwitnesses-people he loves-will be next. Smart, topical, and deftly plotted, TheLast Lie delivers the pulse-pounding return of one of contemporary fiction'smost enduring heroes.
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