No Lie Lasts Forever

Zodiac with a terrifying twist, in a taut thriller from author Mark Stevens about a reformed serial killer and the disgraced journalist he coaxes into finding the imposter trading on his name.When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city of Denver reels, but no one more than Harry Kugel. After all, he is the PDQ Killer—or was fifteen years ago. And he didn’t do this.Still working to reform his ways, Harry won’t let some amateur murderer ride his twisted coattails and risk drawing the police back his way. To protect his legacy and quiet new life, he’ll have to expose the copycat. Without exposing himself.Disgraced TV journalist Flynn Martin holds the key. After a botched hostage situation, she’ll do anything to revive her dying career—even hunt down a monster who executed one of her own.

“An original, memorable, and deftly scripted psychological thriller of a read from start to finish, No Lie Lasts Forever showcases author Mark Stevens’s impressive mastery of the genre and a narrative driven storytelling style that makes for a fun and compulsive page turner of a novel.” —Midwest Book Review

“Mark Stevens is a master storyteller. No Lie Lasts Forever brims with unforgettable characters who move like quicksilver through the light and shadows of human transgression and deadly obsession. In prose that is at once fluid and gripping, Stevens summons the haunted voices that whisper inside all of us. A stunning book.” —Jeffrey Fleishman, author of Good Night Forever

“An appetizing blend of a terrifying glimpse into the mind of a serial killer, tragic secrets, and surprising twists in Stevens’s latest nail-biter.” —Sandra Brannan, author of the Liv Bergen series

“A compelling chase by one monster for another. Provocative, surprising, and rapid-paced.” —Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Blind to Midnight

“An ingenious and masterfully written thriller, No Lie Lasts Forever is filled with a killer’s interesting and twisted insights and a fully realized main character’s authentic struggles in TV journalism. The killer’s chilling correspondences to the journalist, Flynn Martin, launch her on a journey every reader will find harrowing and wholly intriguing. Rarely in a thriller am I compelled to reread passages, but Mark Stevens’ sharp writing had me doing just that. Visceral, cerebral, and spell-binding, No Lie Lasts Forever will grab you and force you to hold on tight until the last page.” —Christine Carbo, bestselling author of the Glacier Mystery series

“Author Mark Stevens has a gift for combining intriguing characters with propulsive plots. In No Lie Lasts Forever, Stevens brings us an irresistible premise—a serial killer sets out to prove he didn’t commit a murder—and rounded, complex characters: the killer, the disgraced journalist he teams up with, and a cast of police, politicians, and journalists with their own agendas. I turned pages late into the night, jumping at every squeak and bump along with reporter Flynn Martin, who knows that being in cahoots with a killer could be the best story of her career. If it doesn’t get her killed.” —Barbara Nickless, Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Drowning Game

“I never thought I’d be so invested in a serial killer. The PDQ murderer is a character for the ages—complex, calculating, at times sympathetic—and he makes the pages shudder and howl. His relationship with a disgraced reporter is the stuff of classic crime fiction. In No Lie Lasts Forever, Stevens breaks free of all the old tropes, crafting a tense, surprising, and gritty tale about our darkest impulses, our quest for truth and redemption, and the lengths we go for the people we love. I adored this book.” —I.S. Berry, author of The Peacock and the Sparrow