The Dead Tell Lies by J F Kirwan- Crime thriller
An excellent crime book with a criminal psychologist- right up my street. Greg works for
the police as the psychologist or at least he did until his wife got murdered. He had tracked
the killer down and as he caught him he said “right time wrong place” and it was Kate who
was sadly in the firing line. A while later and he still can’t get things out of his mind-
something just doesn’t add up and he receives a message leading him to believe that he
is right- Kate’s killer is still out there. He rejoins forces and the hunt begins. It appears
that he could be in someone's sights- but whose? Is he safe and who is the new killer
and their possible sidekick? I love books like this- a good plot and lots of psychology-
but put so that we can all understand it. I liked Greg and his tenacity as well as how he
dealt with different people from top of the tree superintendents to serial killers and
everyone in between. A good book to me has more than “just” the main plot line in
order to give characters character if that makes sense. This was very well done with
Greg and we got to know him and how he thinks very well. A cleverly thought out
and well crafted plot and one that kept me within the pages easily.
An author to look out for.
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The Dead Tell Lies Greg Adams, a criminal psychologist at Scotland Yard, specialises in bringing serial killers to
justice. He tracks down a spree serial killer nicknamed the Divine, who has already killed six
teenage girls and is about to kill a seventh. Greg works out the location where he is hiding
and joins a raid. The police capture the Divine and save the girl, but on the very same night,
Greg’s wife is brutally murdered by another serial killer, known as the Dreamer. A year later, unable to bring the killer to justice, Greg has quit his job and is ready to end it all,
when he receives a phone call from a man who tells him the Dreamer is dead, and that he didnt
kill Greg’s wife, Kate. Greg returns to Scotland Yard to work for Superintendent Chief Detective Donaldson in the
hope he can re-examine the case with the help of two new detectives, Finch and Matthews. As Greg delves into the case further, he becomes more convinced that the Dreamer wasn’t
the man responsible for his wife’s murder. But if it wasn’t the Dreamer, who was it? In order to solve the mystery around his wife’s murder, Greg is going to have to delve even
deeper into the mind of a terrifying psychopath. And this time he might not make it back
in one piece…
a psychologist, and has drawn upon this expertise, including being taught by a professor
who examined serial killers for Scotland Yard, to pen the crime/mystery/thriller The Dead
Tell Lies for Bloodhound Books. He wanted to shed light not only on the darkness of serial
killers, but of those who track them down, who must inevitably step inside the serial
#]killer’s worldview, and may not come out clean afterwards. He is also the author of the
Nadia Laksheva thriller series for HarperCollins (66 Metres, 37 Hours and 88 North). His
favourite authors include Lee Child, David Baldacci and Jo Nesbo. He is married, and has
a daughter and a new grandson, and lives between Paris and London. Social Media Links – www.jfkirwan.com @kirwanjf https://www.facebook.com/kirwanjf/
The Dead Tell Lies Greg Adams, a criminal psychologist at Scotland Yard, specialises in bringing serial killers to
justice. He tracks down a spree serial killer nicknamed the Divine, who has already killed six
teenage girls and is about to kill a seventh. Greg works out the location where he is hiding
and joins a raid. The police capture the Divine and save the girl, but on the very same night,
Greg’s wife is brutally murdered by another serial killer, known as the Dreamer. A year later, unable to bring the killer to justice, Greg has quit his job and is ready to end it all,
when he receives a phone call from a man who tells him the Dreamer is dead, and that he didnt
kill Greg’s wife, Kate. Greg returns to Scotland Yard to work for Superintendent Chief Detective Donaldson in the
hope he can re-examine the case with the help of two new detectives, Finch and Matthews. As Greg delves into the case further, he becomes more convinced that the Dreamer wasn’t
the man responsible for his wife’s murder. But if it wasn’t the Dreamer, who was it? In order to solve the mystery around his wife’s murder, Greg is going to have to delve even
deeper into the mind of a terrifying psychopath. And this time he might not make it back
in one piece…
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Author Bio – J. F. Kirwan is an insomniac who writes thrillers in the dead of night. He is als
a psychologist, and has drawn upon this expertise, including being taught by a professor
who examined serial killers for Scotland Yard, to pen the crime/mystery/thriller The Dead
Tell Lies for Bloodhound Books. He wanted to shed light not only on the darkness of serial
killers, but of those who track them down, who must inevitably step inside the serial
#]killer’s worldview, and may not come out clean afterwards. He is also the author of the
Nadia Laksheva thriller series for HarperCollins (66 Metres, 37 Hours and 88 North). His
favourite authors include Lee Child, David Baldacci and Jo Nesbo. He is married, and has
a daughter and a new grandson, and lives between Paris and London. Social Media Links – www.jfkirwan.com @kirwanjf https://www.facebook.com/kirwanjf/
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