A Deliberate Lie - Paperback

by Nancy Churchill (Author)

In this third Meg Pennington novel, A Deliberate Lie, Nancy Churchill weaves a tale of lies, love, money, and murder.

Meg is financially suffering from her new private investigator business when Blaze Jenkins walks in and hires her to find her illegitimate, thirty-year-old daughter. With a huge retainer in hand, Meg soon discovers that Blaze is still involved in a forty-year affair with the husband of Arizona's most prominent citizen, a woman driven by greed and power.

When Blaze is told she is dying of cancer, she tells her lover about their daughter. Blaze is found dead and Meg becomes embroiled in a twisted, torrid tale which places her life in jeopardy. Meg is always one day behind as connected people show up murdered.

Chased and hunted by a hired killer, Meg gets help from her sister, a detective with the Bullhead City PD to try to put down the rabid beast. But will she be in time? Can Meg escape the ruthless mercenary hired to tie up the loose ends before she becomes an acceptable loss?

Author Biography

Nancy Churchill is the author of the swift selling novels The 7^th Victim and Deadly Aftermath, a series that features the adventures of the Pennington sisters. She draws on her own extensive experience with the unique landscape of Bullhead City and the Colorado River. She is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton and resides in Orange County, California, where she is at work on a sequel to A Deliberate Lie.