The Truth Behind The Lie is Sara Lövestam’s
award-winning and gripping novel about blurred lines, second chances, and the
lengths one will go to for the truth.
“Need help, but can’t contact the police?”
When a six-year-old girl disappears and calling the police isn’t an option, her
desperate mother Pernilla turns to an unlikely source for help. She finds a
cryptic ad online for a private investigator:“Need help, but can’t contact the police?”
That’s where Kouplan comes in. He’s an Iranian refugee
living in hiding. He was forced to leave Iran after news of his and his
brother's involvement with a radical newspaper hated by the regime was
discovered. Kouplan’s brother disappeared, and he hasn’t seen him in four
years. He makes a living as a P.I. working under the radar, waiting for the day
he can legally apply for asylum.
Pernilla’s daughter has vanished without a trace, and
Kouplan is an expert at living and working off the grid. He’s the perfect PI to
help… but something in Pernilla’s story doesn’t add up. She might need help
that he can’t offer...and a little girl’s life hangs in the balance.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sara Lövestam
Sara Lövestam is a Swedish novelist, born in
1980 and living in Stockholm. She writes in many genres — historical novels,
Y/A, crime — but her books all deal with deeply human struggles, such as
challenging perspectives, dealing with alienation, and being true to oneself.
Lövestam worked for many years as a Swedish teacher for immigrants, and says a
lot of her inspiration comes from her students. She enjoys music, carpentry,
and learning new languages. Her book Wonderful Feels Like This (2017)
was also translated to English.
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