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The lie maker

a novel

Linwood Barclay

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"Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could. Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He's a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he's in no position to turn them down. They're recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection--people like Jack's father. The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, but he soon realizes this may be a chance to find his dad. Only there's one problem--Jack's father hasn't made contact with his handlers recently, and they have no idea where he is. He could be in serious danger, and Jack may be the only one who can find him."--

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Title Statement The lie maker: a novel / [text (large print)] : Linwood Barclay.
Author Barclay, Linwood
Publication New York: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[2023]©2023
Edition Large print edition.
Extent of Item 516 pages (large print) ;
ISBN 9780063322738 (trade paperback)
Other Number pr07010059
General Notes Originally published in standard print format in hardcover: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Summary "Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could. Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He's a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he's in no position to turn them down. They're recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection--people like Jack's father. The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, but he soon realizes this may be a chance to find his dad. Only there's one problem--Jack's father hasn't made contact with his handlers recently, and they have no idea where he is. He could be in serious danger, and Jack may be the only one who can find him."--
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Authors--Fiction
Fathers and sons--Fiction
Missing persons--Fiction
Witnesses--Fiction--Protection
By Genre Thrillers (Fiction)
Large print books
Psychological fiction
Novels
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