Pieces of a Lie

A family secret. A suspicious town. A cop with something to prove.
Mina Everton has worked to overcome the slur of being the daughter of a man who skipped town with his mistress and the town development fund. She’s on the cusp of opening the doors for her antiques business when a new detective arrives in town. He’s determined to arrest those responsible for a series of high-profile antiques robberies and seems far too eager to see her as a suspect.

Detective Lincoln Drummond is in disgrace. Once a rising star, he’s been packed off to the small Australian town of Failie, where he is unknown and unwelcome. When he learns of a struggling antiques dealer with a criminal father it seems a quick arrest is all he needs to get his career back on track.

Their attraction is as strong as their mistrust.

Determined to save her business and disprove Drummond’s suspicions Mina reluctantly falls in with crime boss Slab Carlson who offers help her expose the truth behind the robberies—if she helps him first. But Mina gets in too deep and when Drummond discovers she’s involved with Carlson he believes his worst fears are realised.

And then he finds the body…

Will this by-the-book cop rescue his career or the woman he loves?

Buy this gripping psychological thriller set around the beaches of South Australia and get lost in the suspense with a twist of noir.

Praise for Pieces of a Lie
An incredibly strong debut from author Rowena Holloway, and a sure sign of great things to come. —Rachel Amphlett, author of Dan Taylor Thrillers
The suspense starts quickly and I was ready for the ride… twists, turns and a few surprises which kept my head firmly in the book until the last page.—Duffy the Writer
An atmosphere of dark menace… combines noir with romantic suspense and does it solidly. —WriteNoteReviews
A breathless slalom of hair-pin turns and never-saw-’em-coming surprises. —Diane Hester, author of Run to Me
A well-constructed and complicated story… drew me in from the very first page. —Geraldine Evans, author of the Rafferty and Lewellyn crime series
Entertaining, well plotted and with enough twists and turns to keep the reader in suspense. —Meredith Jaffe, books reviewer