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Deceit and Deadly Lies (Kevin MacInnes, Bk 1)
Deceit and Deadly Lies - Kevin MacInnes, Bk 1 Author:Franklin Bandy Kevin Maclnnes is known as the "Lie King." A specialist with the Psychological Stress Evaluator (lie detector), he makes a living by taking voice readings of people and assessing their truthfulness. For a handsome fee, he will aid any client -- governmental or private -- in a situation where getting at the truth is paramount; and the f... more »ee goes to support his elegant but enigmatic mistress, Vanessa.
One of the subjects Maclnnes is asked to evaluate is brought to him by a New York assistant district attorney; the client is a cabby who claims to have overheard two men talking about an assassination plot, something "really big." The man apparently is telling the truth, and Maclnnes, spurred by a combination of patriotism (he is a former army officer) and curiosity, aids the authorities by embarking on a search for one of the men described -- a search that nearly costs him his lover and his life.
Maclnnes is interesting, and so is his work. In the course of the novel, he aids a businessman in making a low bid on a tract of land (and suffers sleepless nights when the seller kills himself); rigs a voice test in such a way as to prove a battered wife accidentally killed her husband (he knows she is really guilty, and he loses sleep over that, too); helps a wealthy Mexican family find where the killer of their young son has hidden his body; and bugs a bedroom conversation between himself and his mistress to evaluate whether she really loves him.
The uncertain relationship with Vanessa is a thread through the story, as are Maclnnes’s fears about misusing his skills. « less