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The lie maker : a novel / Linwood Barclay.

Barclay, Linwood, (author.).

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."-- From publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063276246 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 336 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Subject: Authors > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Witnesses > Protection > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 3 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch FIC Barcl 31681010322972 FICTION Available -
Lakeshore Branch FIC Barcl 31681010322998 FICTION Checked out 05/31/2025
Stroud Branch FIC Barcl 31681010322980 FICTION Checked out 06/18/2025

  • Baker & Taylor
    Recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection, like his father, writer Jack Givins uses this opportunity to find his dad--a man who has done terrible things and made deadly enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection, like his father, writer Jack Givins uses this opportunity to find his dad—a man who has done terrible things and made deadly enemies who wouldn’t think twice about using his own son against him. 100,000 first printing.
  • HARPERCOLL

    In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father—who was taken into witness protection years ago—before his enemies can get to him.

    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.

    But how will he find a man he’s never truly known? A man who has done terrible things in his lifetime and made some deadly enemies in the process—enemies who wouldn’t think twice about using his own son against him.


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