She retired to Panama City, but still calls Alabama home.The fifth book in the heart-stopping King and Maxwell series, The Sixth Man by David Baldacci will keep pulses racing as Sean King and Michelle Maxwell face their next great challenge. She lived in Dothan for more than 30 years and is married with three adult children and six grandchildren. Gilbert taught her in 11th-grade English. She says when she writes book reviews, she tries to remember what Mrs. He and his wife created the Wish You Well Foundation to promote family and adult literacy.Ĭathy Lay Mayor grew up in Cullman and graduated from Cullman High School in 1976. But not this one!ĭavid Baldacci has written 47 books for adults all have been best sellers and several have been adapted for film and television. I can usually figure out how a book will end. The novel is a complex story with many subplots.Īs the novel progresses they find some of the missing money is in cryptocurrency, NFTs, blockchains and metaverses. Which I must admit, I do not understand! This novel will keep you guessing until the end. The two sometimes work in opposition and sometimes work in tandem.

The pair somehow reach a truce to solve the crimes. We learn more about Arlene/Clarissa’s past. Clarissa knows every detail of Mickey’s life. She thinks Mickey has had every advantage and squandered it. She is a blackmailer, is very cunning and morally corrupt. She tells Mickey her real name is Clarissa. The mystery woman is a con artist who uses many aliases. After listening to the story, Mickey feels it would be beneficial to join forces with Arlene to keep her family safe. Arlene encourages Mickey to use her investigative skills to find the killer and the lost money. While Mickey is trying to prove her innocence, the mystery women calls her again. Mickey becomes the prime suspect in the murder. Neither does the arms dealer – he’s a man in witness protection who was formerly in organized crime. After reporting the crime to the police, Mickey finds out Arlene is not an employee of ProEye, and she doesn’t even exist. When Mickey arrives at the mansion, she finds the body of a dead man in a secret room. The mansion is owned by an arms dealer who cheated ProEye and vanished. Mickey, who usually works from home, welcomes the change of scene. She gives Mickey an assignment to go to a vacant mansion to inventory the contents. Mickey receives a phone call from Arlene Robinson, who claims to work for ProEye as well. She works from home for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats. Mickey Gibson is single mother of two and a former police detective. It is a psychological thriller set in Virginia about two women in a cat and mouse race to solve a murder and find a treasure stolen from an organized crime family. “Simply Lies” is David Baldacci’s latest book.

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