In a taut, haunting follow-up to No Lie Lasts Forever, reporter Flynn Martin gets ensnared in a copycat killer’s game where winning means solving a crime—and losing could cost her everything.
Lambasted for a tragedy caught live on camera, then lauded for her help capturing the elusive PDQ, a serial killer, Flynn Martin’s career has reached new heights. But now, the TV journalist and mother has much further to fall. And someone wants to push her over the edge.
PDQ is behind bars, for life and then some, but someone on the outside has picked up the killer’s mantle. Flynn is neck-deep in an investigation when the copycat emerges, targeting her sources and delivering cryptic messages. It’s clear that Flynn’s stories are getting deadlier. This one proves no exception.
A family of four has gone missing, leaving behind ties to New Hope Church more tangled than they appear. The dangerous web rivals the threat in Flynn’s personal life. And it’s up to her to unravel each knot.
Scandal. Conspiracy. Murder. Flynn hardly knows where to begin—and if her stalker has their way, she might not live to see the end.
About the Author :
Award-winning author Mark Stevens was raised by librarian parents in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He has worked both in public relations and as a reporter and national TV news producer. His 2023 title The Fireballer was named Best Baseball Fiction Book by Twin Bill literary magazine and Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine. Stevens is a three-time Colorado Book Award finalist and the 2015 winner for Trapline, which also earned the Colorado Authors League Award for Best Genre Fiction. His Antler Dust was a Denver Post bestseller in 2007 and 2009.
Stevens has published short stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and Denver Noir. A two-time Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Writer of the Year, he hosts a regular podcast for RMFW and has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. He also writes book reviews, which you can find at https://markhstevens.wordpress.com. The author currently lives in Mancos, Colorado.
Review :
“A tense thriller with a terrific heroine, Two Truths and a Lie kept me up late reading. Mark Stevens tells a twisting, engrossing story that also has some smart insights into journalism, the police, and investigative work. A suspenseful and first-rate novel on so many levels.” —Ken Jaworowski, Edgar-award nominated author of Small Town Sins and What About the Bodies
“It is rare to read a novel with all the nuances of a well-crafted mystery, moves with the lightning speed of the best thrillers, and centers upon a main character with the kind of depth and caring you normally only find in mainstream fiction, but Mark Stevens has masterfully pulled all three elements together in one of the best books I’ve read in some time.” —Mark Graham, author of The Harbinger and The Missing Sixth
