The Dead Tell Lies

A hunter of serial killers becomes their prey...

Greg's gift is catching monsters. His curse is knowing one killed his wife.

“An extremely gripping and fast-paced crime thriller . . . will draw you in from the very start [and] blindside you with disturbing twists and turns.” —The Eclectic Review

Criminal psychologist Greg Adams once stood at the pinnacle of Scotland Yard, a hunter of serial killers whose insight turned the darkest minds inside out. Then his wife, Kate, was slaughtered by a predator known only as the Dreamer—and Greg’s world shattered. A year later, on the brink of ending everything, a stranger calls to say the Dreamer is dead—and innocent of Kate’s murder. This single doubt drags Greg back to the Yard, to Superintendent Chief Detective Donaldson and a new team, to reopen the case that destroyed him.

Haunted by grief and driven by a need that borders on obsession, Greg peels back layers of lies to find a different kind of nightmare lurking beneath the Dreamer’s legend. Every new lead twists into a trap, every profile fractures into contradictions, and the line between intuition and delusion blurs as he chases a killer who understands him too well. But as time runs out and bodies begin to echo the past, Greg must confront a chilling possibility: the person who butchered Kate has been hiding in plain sight, feeding on his grief, and waiting for him to step into the dark. To solve the one case he cannot let go, he’ll have to enter a maze built from his own fears—and he might not make it out alive.

“Packed full of action and there is never a dull moment. It’s easy to pick up but impossible to put down once you are in the thick of the narrative and dying to know what happens next.” —ReviewsFeed

Top Amazon Reviews
★★★★★ "Kirwan’s writing is so vivid—every chase, every creepy clue, it’s like you’re running through London’s shadows with Greg every step of the way."
★★★★★ "Intense, surprising and psychologically chilling - this author knows his stuff!"
★★★★★ "This book had me flipping pages way past my bedtime!"
★★★★★ "An absorbing and entertaining story with plenty of incident and plot twists. The characters are well drawn and the main protagonists are attractive and the reader easily forms a bond with them. Intelligently written, easily worth 5 stars!"
★★★★★ "if you enjoy crime drama with serial killers this is the book for you. The characters are well rounded and you really care what happens to them."
★★★★★ "To say it has you sitting on the edge of your seat is an understatement. It's page turning at its best and a good dose of grim. Excellent!"

Virtual voice is monotonous and boring.

It was really hard to stay with still story. Virtual voice narrated books never change pitch like it’s it’s a woman that’s supposed to be talking. I’m still not sure who was good and who was bad.

Good story

The twist at the end the story has a
Good plot
But at first the virtual voice was irritating because it paused after each sentence instead of just reading the story

Good storyline

The ending for me was disappointing. I wanted it to last another chapter to elaborate on the ending more.

ATROCIOUS narration

The generated narration was terrible! The intonation was all wrong and there were lots of mispronunciations. very distracting. these books should have real human voice actors