The Good Liar

** FROM THE NY TIMES and Costa shortlisted author, comes a NEW standalone thriller** The truth might set her free ... but will it be the death of her? When blood spatter expert Claudia O''Shiel finds herself on stage to talk about the most famous criminal case in recent history, she has a choice to make: explain how her evidence put away the man responsible for the brutal double murder? Or tell them the truth - that the real killer is still out there, and if she tries to expose this conspiracy, it won''t just be her life on the line. A taut, intelligent suspense novel for fans of Val McDermid, Elly Griffiths and Tana French, The Good Liar is about power, class, and the lengths we''re willing to go for family. Praise for Denise Mina ''Crime-writing royalty'' IAN RANKIN ''A delight'' ANN CLEEVES ''Highly original'' THE TIMES ''Darkly brilliant'' OBSERVER

About the author

Denise Mina is the bestselling author of the Garnethill trilogy, the Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series, as well as historical novels Rizzio, Three Fires and The Second Murderer, a Philip Marlowe novel for the Chandler estate. She has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice, the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year twice, the Gordon Burn Prize and was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2014. Denise also writes graphic novels and plays, and presents television and radio programmes. She studied law and forensic examination at Glasgow University and taught criminology and criminal law part-time at Strathclyde University. Denise lives and works in Glasgow. The Good Liar is her twentieth novel.

Product details

• Authors: Denise Mina, Mina Denise
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 12.02.2026
• EAN: 9781529931785
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-3178-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary