A Simple Lie, Mary Bush
A Simple Lie, Mary Bush
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A Simple Lie
A Heart Stopping Psychological Thriller

Author: Mary Bush

Narrator: Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/11/2020


Synopsis

What harm can one small lie do?

Forced to give up her career as a dentist, and still unemployed a year later, Valentina Knight has finally run out of options. With foreclosure looming she acts in desperation, lying to get a position as an assistant to the county medical examiner. Val's relieved. She won't be homeless. But Val didn't count on the lie trapping her in a dangerous game with a killer.

Val quickly becomes involved in the case of Francine Donohue, who disappeared from her neighborhood and is discovered dead six months later. The bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder are not the first of their kind. With the evidence pointing to a serial killer, and a calling card Val understands, she quickly gets sucked into the case.

As Val is pulled in further, the situation takes a darker turn. Someone is aware of the lie she told. Someone who is prepared to kill . . .

About Mary Bush

When not writing psychological and crime thrillers, Mary Bush makes her living as a professor of dentistry at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. She's also involved in forensic dentistry. In this capacity, she works on cases in which teeth are the main evidence. Mary has testified in murder trials as an expert witness, focusing on the admissibility of bite mark evidence in the US court system, including testimony on Capitol Hill regarding the need for scientific rigor in the courtroom. Her experiences have shown how truth is without a doubt, stranger than fiction.

Mary has a number of published academic works, all with a forensic focus and has authored chapters in forensic nonfiction books. As an invited speaker, her talks center on forensic evidence and the cases she's been involved with.

She currently lives in Buffalo, New York, with her husband and their exceptionally spoiled cat.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda

Valentina Knight is a doctor without a profession. Due to an injury she received from a patient, she is unable to continue as a dental surgeon. Bills are mounting up and she's just A hair breadth away from losing her home. She tells a small lie to gain the position of assistant to the country medical......more

Not for the squeamish A worthy read that draws you into an engaging and twisty story line. The author appears to have a crafty way of encouraging the reader to suspect pretty much every character at some stage; I certainly did. It was compelling and the pages kept turning. Yeah, there might be a few......more

Goodreads review by Jayne

The TRUTH about A SIMPLE LIE... SIMPLY not that great. This book's storyline was too implausible for me. Why would a dentist who was shot by a patient want to become an investigator for a county morgue? (HUH?) If she was no longer able to use her hands, why didn't she just teach at her local dental sc......more