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  • Published: 15 November 2005
  • ISBN: 9780345476678
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $17.99

Hard Truth

A Novel



In the bestselling tradition of Suzanne Brockmann and Kay Hooper, Mariah Stewart delivers a taut, fast-paced thriller.

From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards.

TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL

Two children who mysteriously disappeared twenty-one years ago are the last thing on Lorna Temple’s mind when she returns to her Pennsylvania hometown to sell the old family property in the wake of her parents’ passing. But instead of memories, the fields where Lorna grew up yield something utterly chilling.

All those years ago, when nine-year-old Melinda Eagan vanished on her birthday, her foulmouthed older brother, Jason, quickly became the lone suspect. Yet when he went missing, too, the case turned cold. But Jason, it seems, never got far: His bones have been moldering on the Temples’ land for two decades. As far as the local police are concerned, the book is closed on Melinda’s murder–and Jason’s death is justice served. But Lorna refuses to let the dead rest uneasily. She turns to private eye T. J. Dawson to dig up the dirt of the past and see what lies beneath. Only there’ s someone out there who hasn’t forgotten–and who won’t be the least bit forgiving about being exposed as a killer.

In matters of crime, there are many versions of the truth.

  • Published: 15 November 2005
  • ISBN: 9780345476678
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $17.99

About the author

Mariah Stewart

Mariah Stewart is the award- winning author of ten
novels and three novellas. She is the recipient of
both the Golden Leaf Award and the Award of
Excellence presented by the Colorado Romance
Writers, and has been a finalist for the Holt Medal-
lion. Her books have been nominated for several
awards from Romantic Times, including Best Con-
temporary Romance and Best Contemporary Novel.
Stewart is a native of Hightstown, New Jersey, and
resides in a Philadephia suburb with her husband
and their two daughters.

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Praise for Hard Truth

"Master mystery writer Stewart kicks off her new interconnected trilogy with a bang. . . .Nail-biting suspense and emotional complexity make this launch irresistible."
--Romantic Times on The Dead Trilogy