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  • Past Lying

  • Karen Pirie, Book 7
  • By: Val McDermid
  • Narrated by: Lauren Lyle
  • Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (88 ratings)

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Past Lying

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Lauren Lyle
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Summary

THE HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR ITV SERIES STARRING LAUREN LYLE

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Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.

Karen can't ignore the plot's chilling similarities to the unsolved case of an Edinburgh University student who vanished from her own doorstep. The manuscript seems to be the key to unlocking what happened to Lara Hardie, but there's a problem: the author died before he finished it.

As Karen digs deeper, she uncovers a spiralling game of betrayal and revenge, where lies are indistinguishable from the truth and with more than one unexpected twist . . .

The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is at the top of her game in her most gripping and fiendishly clever case yet.

©2023 Val McDermid (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
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Val McDermid is amazing

Wow! Twists and turns. She has excelled herself. What creativity, keeping us guessing as she weaves her tale of deception

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A Really Great Listen

To start with, I love this Author and narrator as well as the series. So straight away this book is a winner for me.
The story, I felt was different from the norm, it also brought back quite a few memories of Covid.
All in all it was interesting, thought provoking, and sad. we

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Another great book by the author

As usual, the author managed to bring to life the characters and make the story a compelling read. Some aspects didn’t hang completely believable to me but this did not detract too much from the enjoyment.

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Best Yet

loved it. Excellent weaving of the story. Most enjoyable yet and I've loved them all.

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A good listen

Really enjoyed listening to this book a good twist in the plot.
Well narrated and kept me intrigued from start to finish.

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Thank goodness the old narrator is back!

Great story as always. Love this series. Engaging as always and back to form on the narration front!

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Don’t mess with the Police

Probably one of the best Val McDermott books I’ve listened to. All the twists and turns you normally expect the narrator was superb. Can only highly recommend this.

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The return of KP nuts

Our Karen Pirie is back . So pleased this book was reissued with Cathleen McCarron as narrator (despite wasting a credit on previous execrable version).

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Wonderful narration

So glad I didn’t buy the previous release with the other narrator. I have been enjoying this series because I like the character Pirie and also really enjoyed listening to McCarron wonderful narration.

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Living through lockdown again

Didn’t see the twist at the end enjoyed the characters especially Jason ,liked the reader

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