Costly Lies (DI Mariner #10)

Every lie has its cost. In money or in blood . . .

Suave, suited winemaker Adam Gillespie has it all. A thriving business. A designer home in a leafy Birmingham suburb. And a little black book full of lovers.

Until, the drab Monday morning he’s found dead at his desk. A carrier bag masks his chiseled features — and surely smothered his final cries.

Detective Tom Mariner’s team are ready to chalk it up as a tragic accident. A kink gone horribly wrong.

But Mariner’s not so sure. The burn marks around the victim’s wrists tell a darker story.

And this isn’t the only mysterious death on Mariner’s patch.

Elsewhere, an elderly woman is found floating in a murky canal.

Mariner knows he should leave well alone. He’s supposed to be on leave. Recovering from the case that almost cost him everything . . .

He somehow survived, battered not beaten. But his health — and his relationship — are hanging by a thread.

This time around, he might not be so lucky . . .