{"product_id":"lie-to-me-9781662535758","title":"Lie to Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs soon as he picks up the phone, Arnie knows something is terribly wrong. 'We've found him. Damon's finally been found.' For thirty-five years, DS Arnie Hodgson believed his childhood friend was dead. But he didn't die back then. He was murdered yesterday.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDS Karen Hart's heart breaks for her colleague as she joins the investigation, but soon the case takes a darker turn. Burned into Damon's chest is a vivid scarlet mark--a Victorian branding iron shaped like a scythe. \u003cb\u003eWhy did Damon vanish that night? And why has someone killed him now?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Karen and Arnie track down his old friends in the small coastal town of Humberston, they become sure answers lie buried in Arnie's past; they were all together at the fairground that summer night thirty-five years ago when Damon disappeared. And when the detectives uncover another body, it's clear someone will kill to keep their secrets buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen another person close to Arnie is brutally murdered--with the same vivid scarlet mark seared into their skin. And when a driver tries to run Arnie down in a car, he must finally confront a terrifying question: \u003cb\u003eis one of his old friends a killer? And if so, can he bring them to justice before they turn on him next?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(c) 2026 by D. S. Butler, all rights reserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662535758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.73h x 5.24w x 1.20d","brand":"D. S. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514309370037,"sku":"9781662535758","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781662535758.jpg?v=1791903533","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lie-to-me-9781662535758","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}