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The Truth Behind The Lie is Sara Lovestam's award-winning and gripping novel about blurred lines, second chances, and the lengths one will go to for the truth.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.
About the Author
Sara Lovestam is a Swedish novelist and linguist. She writes in many genres: historical novels, contemporary novels, suspense, children's books, Y/A and books on Swedish grammar. She has been rewarded with Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (France) , Svenska Deckarakademins debutpris (Sweden) , Translatorpriset (Sweden) , De gouden vleermuis (The Netherlands) , Prix nouvelles voix du polar (France) among others. In Sweden, she is known as the linguistic expert in the TV morning show Nyhetsmorgon, and the judge in the Radio game show Lantzkampen. She also writes columns in Språktidningen (The Language Magazine) and the daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.Sara Lovestam spent most of her childhood in Uppsala, Östersund, Sigtuna - and 6 months in the small village of Masvingo Bibleschool in Zimbabwe. She always felt like an odd child; her interests differed from other children's, she was always "the new kid", and on top of that she struggled through her teenage years with accepting that she was gay. The experience of having to fight to be herself has influenced the themes of many of her novels.Before making it as a full time writer, Lovestam was a devoted teacher in the Swedish for Immigrants program (SFI) . She has a special love for the Greek language and Kiswahili, enjoys doing carpentry in her summer cottage, and bakes more than decent cardamom rolls.
