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From USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb comes the thrilling first installment in the Finley O’Sullivan series, featuring a legal investigator haunted by her past and obsessed with the truth.

Legal investigator Finley O’Sullivan searches for evidence the police overlooked, wading through secrets, lies, and betrayal to find answers. With the unsolved murder of her husband still very much on her mind, Finley must confront her own personal trauma on a daily basis. Lies are part of her livelihood, but they’re also the reason she can’t get justice for the man she loved.

When a man imprisoned for murder recants his confession, claiming he cleaned up the mess for his girlfriend—the victim’s own daughter—Finley takes on the case. She discovers the victim had identical twin daughters…and the sisters have very different accounts of the crime.

As she dives headlong into the twins’ traumatic past, Finley will have to contend with her own demons to get to the truth—before it’s too late.

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Thomas & Mercer
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1 Aug. 2022
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense – New and continuing series

“A complex case fraught with angst and danger ends with surprising revelations.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Debra Webb writes the kind of thrillers I love to read. Sure, there is a murder or more. Yes, a twisted mystery to be solved. Once again, in The Last Lie Told, her characters are fully rendered and reveal themselves authentically as her novel unfolds and careens to its stunning conclusion. The Last Lie Told is her best yet. Webb is the queen of smart suspense.” —Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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Finley O’Sullivan is just the type of character I can’t help but root for and love. She’s a hardworking and dedicated lawyer, but ever since her husband’s unsolved murder, she’s been struggling. Finley’s trying to move forward with her life but has so many unanswered questions. As a legal investigator, she hopes she can find answers for others.

When a killer behind bars claims he never murdered Lance Legard, a well-known man in the Nashville music scene, Finley’s brought in on the case. His widow, Sophia, is hoping to protect her twin daughters from the crime ripping open old wounds—Lance himself wasn’t known as a good man and was suspected of harming his own children. As Finley starts to dig into the details of this powerful family, she uncovers alarming truths about her own marriage that leave her with new questions—who was her husband?

USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb hits it out of the park with this brilliant series starter. In the words of #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen, “Debra Webb is the queen of smart suspense.” I couldn’t agree more.

—Megha Parekh, Editor

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09K7JHT5P
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (1 Aug. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 8261 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 246 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 5 in Legal Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- 9 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- 10 in Legal Thrillers (Books)

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DEBRA WEBB is the USA Today and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of more than 160 novels, including reader favorites the Shades of Death, the Faces of Evil, and the Colby Agency. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel. With this award Debra joined the ranks of a handful of authors like Nora Roberts and Carole Mortimer.

With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when, at the age of nine, her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.

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Annabelle

Awful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2022

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This the first book I had read by this author and it will be my last. In fact I couldn’t even finish it as it is so poorly written. I gave up about a third of the way through. It is just totally unbelievable with a muddled parallel story introducing too many characters . The literary style is basic and I really can’t understand how the author has written “best sellers”. There are so few descriptive passages you just feel the author can’t be bothered . There are several phrases that really grate like “her fav books”. Really ? I know this is a colloquialism but surely not spoken by a supposedly educated lawyer. I’m not anti American authors and read a lot of them . I am on my 15th Donna Leon detective book. Now there’s a clever, talented American writer!

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Very good First Read- recommended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2022

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This is one of the few First Reads that I can describe as being very good. The book is the start of a series and I shall definitely be purchasing the next instalment.
The book is well written and I assumed, wrongly, that the author had a background in criminal justice, due to the seemingly accurate law descriptions.
Finley, main character, was a prosecutor with the District Attorney. Following the murder of her husband and consequent poor behaviour she is employed by a defence lawyer- Jack- as a defence investigator.
5 years previously a man was imprisoned for killing a wealthy, well known man. He’s now seeking a retrial on the grounds that he didn’t kill the man, a member of the man’s family was responsible.
The family, mother Sophie and identical twins Cecelia and Olivia are what I describe as dysfunctional. Finley is tasked with delving into the whole scenario to find the truth. This proves difficult because the twins cannot be truly identified by anyone apart from their mother.
The storyline is complicated, with various ‘others’ involved. Running alongside the main theme is the murder of her husband and snippets of information are disclosed which ultimately lead into a second book.
The justice system in America is obviously very different from UK. Investigations here are done by the police. Accepting the differences, the plot speeds along. The main characters are well drawn and will no doubt be developed further.

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So so

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2022

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I like a series that evolves. I'm not so keen on books that set out to be a series from the very start and so don't answer the obvious questions that arise whilst reading, preferring to leave us having to buy the next instalment to find out. Honestly, I think that's cheating. And I am not sufficiently impressed by this book to bother to buy later ones to find out.

I also found it annoying that we inherit a large chunk of backstory about the death of Finley's husband that makes this book feel not like a first instalment but a later one. Why not paint that story properly? Clearly hubby was up to all sorts of shenanigans but if I'd paid full price, I'd be pretty peed off to not get any resolution of what was happening.

Twins in crime novels are cheesy. Who can you believe, who is who, who pretended to be their twin - it's been done far too many times. Throw in another dash of 'My colleague had a fling with the widow' and such-like and this book just can't stand up on its own.

I was disappointed. I didn't really care who killed whom. I was just glad the book was over - even with an unsatisfying ending.

Apparently, the author has written other books. I can't help thinking she needs a more critical editor to tighten up the rambling mess that this turned into.

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S. Ivory

Good start

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2022

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Got this as a First Reads and having read her previous books this was a no brainer. Very good, if a tad confusing with so many characters, but eventually got there. Good continuation onto the next book.

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Sarah

Who really is Helen?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 July 2022

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The story as a whole was quite predictable and before I was halfway through I could have told you the ending, however, I still read it and I really quite enjoyed it.

It was easy to read, I liked the characters, finding them to be relatable, and I found myself intrigued by Finleys neighbour (Helen) who I am sure is likely to pop up in subsequent stories later on. I'm also left wondering what her late husband was really up too...

I'll definitely give the next in the series a read

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ms luise ryan

Kept me glued to the end.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2022

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Wasn't quite sure with the first chapter but very pleased I stuck it out. Enjoyed the way it flipped from one scene to the next and unpicking the people involved. Lead character is obviously going to run with the other underlying stories and she's likeable enough. Reason for four stars not five? There's lots of twists, which is good, but feel that the actual ending could have been better unpicked as it developed. Will I read the next in the series? Oh yes, already have time planned.

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Tiana

Last Lie Told

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2022

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Very well written. I must admit when I read the part where Finley first interviewed one of the 'twins' and her mum, then the other but after that could never question them all together, I knew it was a 'case' of dual personality. The only downside was, what was her husband's past...?

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I. Smail

Intriguing story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 July 2022

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This is a good story, if a bit confusing (especially towards the end). What’s more interesting is the back-story of the main character - sadly this doesn’t get resolved (yet) but is a reason to look forward to the second instalment in the series.

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