Would I Lie to You?: A Novel

What if a covert, high-stakes cat burglar is given one last job before she can retire, but the gig is: steal the classified code to an innovative genetic editing tool her unaware husband is developing? Ask anyone about Lucille ´Lu´ Barlow and they´ll tell you that she´s a loving wife and mom, fire-body Pilates studio owner, and kind neighbour. But none of them know the true Lu. Because Lu is a liar and a thief - albeit reluctantly lately. She´s been part of a dangerous, deeply covert crime syndicate for the last 30 years, with a string of incredible, international heists under her belt and a shoebox full of fake passports, weapons, cash stacks, and skeletons. But when her unsuspecting husband, Harry, accepts a lucrative job at the nation´s leading biotech company, it means moving the family from her familiar Brooklyn base to the well-heeled New England town of Partridge Hollow. Lu sees it as her shot to finally retire from crime life, something she´s wanted since her son´s birth eight years ago. But Partridge Hollow isn´t what it seems either. Lu quickly discovers that her new Stepford-esque neighbours each have their own secrets hidden inside their mansions, into which she occasionally creeps. She also uncovers the most scandalous truth of all: that this move for her husband´s career was orchestrated by her illicit employer. Worse, she´s tasked with stealing the highly classified code for an innovative gene editing tool that Harry is developing. Fans of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Counterfeit, and Killers of a Certain Age will devour this book!