Time is running out…
When six-year-old Emily and four-year-old Lisa are abducted from their grandparent’s house, Detective Grant and psychologist Ruby Silver race against time to find them.
The family have their fair share of enemies and when they receive a ransom demand from the kidnapper, secrets from the past come to light. Then a murder throws the investigation into turmoil as treachery and lies threaten to tear the family apart.
Who is responsible for the abduction and why?
And could the answers lie closer to home than anyone ever imagined?
Detective David Grant series
- Deadly Motives
- Deadly Secrets
- Deadly Lies


A Complicated, Twisty Case!
Another good addition to this excellent series.
When two little girls are abducted from their grandparents’ home in the middle of the night, Detective David Grant doesn’t hesitate to call in psychologist Ruby Silver to assist. As his team begin to dig into the family they find more than they bargained for and, as a ransom demand arrives, secrets from the past rear up, Can Grant’s squad get to the bottom of things in time to save Emily and Lucy?
This is an author who focuses very much on the crime and the subsequent investigation and this is a complicated, twisty case; I really struggled to work out who was behind the kidnap of the sisters and it definitely came as a bit of a shock when it was all done and dusted. There are hints of professional relationships among the police personnel but it’s very much on the peripheral as the investigation is definitely the priority. With the case all completely wrapped up, there is a hint that there will be a fourth book to follow and I look forward to finding out what David Grant gets up to next. A well-written crime novel and one I’m happy to give 4*.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy; this is – as always – my honest, original and unbiased review.
Tags: crime thriller
- Format: ebook, paperback
- Size: 295 pages
- Publisher: Bloodhound Books
- Publication Date: 20 April 2021
- Book Links:
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56822632
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deadly-lies-ann-girdharry/1139201078
- https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/deadly-lies,ann-girdharry-9781913942458
- https://www.waterstones.com/book/deadly-lies/ann-girdharry/9781913942458
- https://wordery.com/deadly-lies-ann-girdharry-9781913942458
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Lies-crime-thriller-Detective-ebook/dp/B0

Author Details
Ann Girdharry is a British, crime thriller author.
She’s a trained psychotherapist and worked as a manager in the not-for-profit sector for many years.
Ann is an avid reader and her favourites are crime and suspense. She regularly talks about her favourite reads to her newsletter subscribers. She enjoys travelling and apart from the UK she’s lived in the USA (where her first daughter was born), Norway (where her second daughter was born) and she currently lives in France.
She was an ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD Finalist 2017.
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