Believing the Lie

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Punishment She Deserves Elizabeth George has millions of fans following her Inspector Lynley series. As USA Today put it, "Its tough to resist Georges storytelling, once hooked." 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. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family, including the victims bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough familys veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind.