Her past was a lie. Dare she uncover the truth?
When Kate’s mother dies, a man turns up at the funeral claiming to be her uncle. Kate is mystified; her mother was an only child. She agrees to meet him but when she tells him more about herself, he disappears. It’s best to forget him and get on with the business of grieving but when she finds her own death certificate, she realises she can’t let it drop. Besides, there are the threatening phone calls and messages to her mother to consider…
Four hundred miles away in Glasgow, DI Alex Scrimgeour is haunted by memories of past crimes. Is he responsible for a miscarriage of justice? He’s already worried when Kate contacts him with her story. If she is who she thinks she is, it could ruin his entire career. Despite their mutual antipathy, only by working together will they understand the past and finally put old ghosts to rest.
What did I think?
Absolutely brilliant! That's how I'd describe The Deception in two words and those are the exact words I uttered when I turned the final page. I thought Maureen Myant's previous novel, The Confession, was good but The Deception has the wow factor, in my opinion.
I loved virtually meeting up again with Alex Scrimgeour and Mark Nicholson, who we met in The Confession, but The Deception is a complete standalone novel as it's just the characters who link the two books. Scrimgeour takes a front seat as we find out more about his past, both personal and professional.
It gave me goose bumps when Kate finds her own death certificate after her mother's death. Not only that, but her mother appears to have been threatened with exposing her terrible secret - oh I love secrets, the darker the better! Kate is naturally upset but she's determined to get to the bottom of who she really is...even if that means exposing a miscarriage of justice. Scrimgeour was certain that he put the right man away until Kate's appearance throws that in doubt.
With more hooks than in a fisherman's tackle box, The Deception is a veritable page-turner and a completely unmissable novel. I couldn't put it down and I can't recommend it highly enough. I can't wait to see what Maureen Myant writes next, although she's set the bar pretty high with The Deception.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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