Mark Steven’s last
book, The
Fireballer, was a very good book. It was very good, even though he
did not have my team, the Texas Rangers, present in the read that much and even
had the wrong team winning the World Series. That book touched on many things,
not just baseball, and like his Allison Coil Mystery series, was a mighty good
read. So, when Mark Sevens let me know he had a new book coming out and offered
me a reading copy, even though with my worsening health and everything else
here I had no idea if I would ever get to read it, I eventually accepted the
offer.
No Lie Lasts Forever:
A Thriller
takes readers to Denver in a complicated tale of mystery, murder, treachery,
and a lot more. Reporter Flynn Martin, a television icon, is our heroine. Her
dad was a legendary newspaper reporter in Denver and the proverbial apple fell
right at the base of that tree. It is supposed to be her day off as the book
opens.
But, her boss has reached out as a gunman is holding hostages and wants a television
reporter to be a go between for him and the police. Flynn was not his choice,
but she is available, and he will accept her as the go between, if she agrees. Even
though these days she is more known for her projects on climate change and
think pieces, she has a long history on the police beat and has many contacts.
Grudgingly, with
lives at stake, she gets involved only to have things go horribly wrong through
no fault of her own. In the violent and deadly aftermath, she takes a lot of
heat internally and publicly from the police and average folks who have an
opinion, shaped by the storm of media coverage at rival networks and elsewhere,
of what she did that fateful day. Suspended and flooded with grief, she would
like to be left alone to cope with what has happened.
Instead, a long
dormant serial killer decides he is going to involve her in his quest to set
the record straight. He wants credit for the three successful, as he sees it,
kills he got away with many years ago and how he has behaved since. He does not
want anyone placing a murder he did not commit on him. PDQ was a legend in
Denver and some believe he is back killing again. He isn’t and wants his legend
intact and not desecrated by an imposter. He is very mad about somebody doing a
very poor job of copying him and wants Flynn to prove it wasn’t him. She is
supposed to do that without involving anyone else whether it be coworkers,
family, or the police.
While the initial
goal of preserving his legacy might have been achievable, his ego drives him,
as it does Flynn, and numerous other people in this read. Mistakes and assumptions
are made and things quite rapidly escalate for everyone. A violent collision was
and is inviable with its own rippling aftermath.
No Lie Lasts Forever: A Thriller by Mark Stevens is one heck of a read. Multifaceted and moving forward at a rapid pace, Flynn finds herself deeper and deeper into a nightmare. It also reinforces my long held personal belief that leaving the house is often a very bad idea in many more ways than one.
Amazon Associate
Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/44zuNMa
My print ARC was
provided by the author with no expectation of a review. As it happens, the read
was selected for the Amazon First Reads this month. That means, until the end
of the month, the digital version of the read is free for Amazon Prime members,
and $1.99 for other readers. Published by Thomas & Mercer, the book comes
out on June 1st.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2025
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