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By Wallace Stroby

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When a young widow witnesses a fatal car accident outside a Jersey Shore motel, she's suddenly thrust into a nightmare of gang violence, guns, and money that she can't outrun in this action-packed novel by "one of the best writers in crime fiction" (Alison Gaylin).​

Joette Harper's life brings new meaning to the phrase "paycheck to paycheck." Struggling to afford her mother's sky-high medical bills
and also keep the lights on in her trailer home, Joette needs a break.

So, when she spies a bag full of money amongst the wreckage of a fiery car accident, she knows she can't just let it be. Inside is a bounty better than she could have dreamed—just shy of $300,000 in neatly stacked hundreds and fifties. Enough to pay off her debts, give her mother the care she deserves, and maybe even help out a few of her friends.

But, of course, the missing briefcase didn't go unnoticed by its original owner, Travis Clay—a ruthless dealer who'll stop at nothing to get back what's his.

Joette is way out of her depth, but can't seem to stop herself from participating in this cat-and-mouse chase. But can she beat Travis at his own game?

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  • "I've been reading Wallace Stroby for years and he never disappoints."
    Lawrence Block, bestselling author of the Matthew Scudder mysteries
  • "Tight, taut, and terrifying. In Heaven’s a Lie, the action blisters along at a furious pace."
     
    Kathy Reichs, author of the bestselling Temperance Brennan Bones series
  • "Tough and touching...Blue collar grit meets noir, then takes a wild turn down the finders-keepers crime alley.... Heaven's a Lie has primal appeal, a perfect read in this wobbly world."
     
    Joe R. Lansdale, author of Edgar Award-winning The Bottoms and the Hap & Leonard series
  • "Wallace Stroby is one of the best writers in crime fiction, and he outdoes himself with HEAVEN IS A LIE. A lightning-paced noir tale with shatteringly tender moments, the book had me losing sleep as I rooted for tough, whip-smart, big-hearted Joette Harper— my favorite heroine in quite a while."
     
    Alison Gaylin, internationally bestselling author of If I Die Tonight
  • "A masterpiece. This is a honed razor of a thriller, a must for fans of No Country for Old Men, that poignantly captures the grit of everyday life in my home state."
     
    Matthew Quirk, bestselling author of The 500 and The Night Agent

On Sale
Apr 6, 2021
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Mulholland Books
ISBN-13
9780316540605

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Wallace Stroby

About the Author

Wallace Stroby is an award-winning journalist and the author of nine novels, four of which feature Crissa Stone, the professional thief labeled “crime fiction’s best bad girl ever.” Of his previous Mulholland novel, 2018’s Some Die Nameless, Booklist wrote in a starred review, “Stroby remains at the top of his game. … His prose is as clean, lean and mean as ever.”

Stroby’s first novel, The Barbed-Wire Kiss, was a Barry Award finalist for best debut novel. A native of Long Branch, N.J., he’s a lifelong resident of the Jersey Shore.

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