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Sam, Liesl’s wealthy ex-husband, vanished ten years ago, leaving her a chunk of money but no explanation. Sam is handsome, charming, manipulative . . . and now he claims he’s sick. But Alice, with her experience of spinning tales, knows a liar when she sees one.   Haunted by a childhood tragedy that gave birth to the cruel nickname “Lethal”, Liesl now specialises in saving things: dogs, children, sisters. Telling herself it’s time she returned the favor, Alice engages the services of Brigid Quinn, a hardboiled local private investigator with a shady past, to help her get rid of Sam for good.   But as the plot thickens, Alice begins to wonder if she knows anyone involved – most of all herself – quite as well as she thinks . . .   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