{"product_id":"behind-the-lie-hardcover","title":"Behind the Lie - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmilya Naymark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNYPD detective turned small town PI Laney Bird is in a fight to save lives--including her own--when an explosion of deadly violence at a block party exposes the crimes simmering underneath her neighborhood's peaceful façade.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA transplant to the upstate New York hamlet of Sylvan, all Laney wants is a quiet life for herself and her son. But things rarely remain calm in Laney's life.\u003cbr\u003eWhen one neighbor, a Russian immigrant, is shot, and his Ukrainian wife disappears--along with Laney's best friend--at her neighborhood summer block party, Laney will need all her skills as a PI to solve a mystery that reaches far beyond her small town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs people closest to Laney fall under suspicion, the local authorities, and her colleagues, question her own complicity. And then there's fifteen-year-old Alfie, her complicated, enigmatic son, obviously hiding something. Even as Laney struggles to bury evidence of her boy's involvement, his cagey behavior rings every maternal alarm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaney's personal life unravels as she's drawn into her friend's dark secrets, and she must ask herself: how far would a wife and mother go to keep her family from ruin? One woman's desperation is another's downfall, and with treachery blazing hot as the searing summer sun, Laney realizes she and Alfie are in danger and she must fight to save lives, her own and her son's included.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmilya Naymark\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eHide in Place\u003c\/i\u003e, book 1 in the Sylvan series starring PI Laney Bird. Her short stories appear in A \u003ci\u003eStranger Comes to Town\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Michael Koryta, \u003ci\u003eSecrets in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift, River River Journal, Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e1+30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY\u003c\/i\u003e. When not writing, Emilya works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of psychological thrillers, suspense, and crime fiction. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252134625529,"sku":"9781643858920","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/akFZVlJ3RlR4cWwvUmp1ZGZ4NHlqQT09.webp?v=1768680831","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/behind-the-lie-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}