After writing sixteen Inspector Lynley novels, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has millions of fans waiting for the next one. As USA Today put it, quotIts tough to resist Georges storytelling, once hooked.quot With Believing the Lie, shes poised to hook countless more.Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when hes sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the mans uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trios digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.Deborahs investigation of the prime suspect-Bernards prodigal son Nicholas, a recovering drug addict-leads her to Nicholass wife, a woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is beautiful.
